Sep 10 Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press The announcement on Thursday came in a statement from the Taliban in Qatar, where the insurgents maintain a political office, and also in a statement from Qatar's foreign ministry. Continue reading
Jun 15 EU urges U.S. to join new Middle East peace effort By Lorne Cook, Associated Press European Union foreign ministers want the United States to join them in a new effort to breathe life into long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading
Dec 08 Protesters: Ukraine's leader must defend nation at summit By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Several thousand people rallied Sunday in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to demand that the president defend the country’s interests in this week’s summit with Russia, Germany and France on ending the war in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 10:45 As Taliban peace talks resume, what's at stake for Afghan women? By Jane Ferguson During his surprise Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan, President Trump announced he had restarted talks with the Taliban. The ability of the conflict-wracked nation to achieve peace is at stake -- but so is progress for women, who could not work,… Continue watching
Oct 05 Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time since 'dead' deal By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press The Taliban met with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Pakistan capital for the first time since President Donald Trump declared a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan's 18-year war 'dead' a month ago, a Taliban official said… Continue reading
Sep 13 Taliban visits Moscow days after Trump says talks 'dead' By Kathy Gannon, Jim Heintz, Associated Press It was the Taliban's first international visit following the collapse of talks with Washington. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 6:56 U.S. responsible for collapse of Taliban peace talks, says Obama official U.S. and Taliban representatives spent months negotiating peace and American withdrawal from Afghanistan. But after canceling meetings in the U.S., President Trump says the talks are dead. Why did they collapse, and what are the prospects for ending the country’s… Continue watching
Sep 09 WATCH: Trump says U.S.-Taliban peace talks are 'dead' What had seemed like a potential deal to end America's longest war has unraveled, with President Donald Trump and the Taliban blaming each other for the collapse of nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations in Doha, Qatar. Continue reading
Sep 09 Afghans brace for fresh violence after Trump calls off Taliban talks By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose government was sidelined in the U.S.-Taliban talks, again declared that his country was ready to meet with the Taliban but that "negotiation without a cease-fire is not possible."… Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 3:06 News Wrap: ICE arrests 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 680 undocumented workers at Mississippi food plants. The raids were the largest in a decade, planned for months and involving 600 government agents. Also, 14 people were killed and… Continue watching