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Russia is hosting Afghan peace talks, hoping to cement its role as a powerbroker ahead of a looming deadline for US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. IMAGES
Last week, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the US would reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 down to 2,500 by year's end. O'Brien added that the drawdown would take place, regardless of the conditions on the ground. But on Sunday, America's most senior general publicly pushed back at O'Brien's remarks, calling them 'speculation.' Robert O'Brien, or anyone else, can speculate as they see fit, I am not going to engage in speculation, I'm going to engage in the rigorous analysis of the situation based on the conditions and the plans that I'm aware of in my conversations with the President. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley The mixed messages from the Pentagon and the White House come as the Taliban launched a major military offensive against the Afghan government. The attack prompted US military aircraft to carry out a series of airstrikes against Taliban fighters in recent days.
Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Sep 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Ghulamullah Habibi). Dozens of Afghan women gathered to protest Wednesday to take an active role in the debate on the peace talks taking place in Doha between the Taliban and the Kabul government.
Jalalabad, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of women gathered on Wednesday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad for a peaceful protest to defend their rights saying they want to be part of the peace process. Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban began earlier this week. (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).SHOT LIST: WOMEN GATHER FOR A PROTEST TO DEMAND PRESERVATION OF THEIR RIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, IN JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN.SOUND BITE: MUQADASA SALARZIA, THE CHIEF OF FEMALE'S FOUNDATION IN JALALABAD.TRANSLATION: We want peace in Afghanistan. We stand to support the Afghan forces and to give each other a hand to get peace. (00:38-01:06).
The Taliban delegation arrives at a hotel in Qatar's Doha for peace talks with Afghanistan's government in a bid to end nearly two decades of war. The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap agreed in February. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Doha for the start of long-delayed peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators, President Donald Trump announces during a press conference at the White House. SOUNDBITE
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