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US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the National Association of REALTORS Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo, May 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 19, 2019, 6:52 pm
Trump preparing to pardon US troops charged with war crimes — report
US president said planning Memorial Day gesture for Navy SEAL, Green Beret and others accused or convicted of multiple murders of unarmed civilians
By TOI staff
Major Moses Scheinfeld standing next to his family, addresses his children's school after he surprised them by returning from active duty in Afghanistan in time for Purim. (Screen capture from YouTube)
March 20, 2019, 9:37 pm
Jewish US soldier stuns family by coming home for Purim
Major Moses Scheinfeld has been serving in Afghanistan for past 9 months
By JTA
US President Donald Trump and son Barron Trump board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, en route to Palm Beach, Florida, on February 1, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
February 3, 2019, 8:51 pm
Trump says US will ‘protect’ Israel, keep eye on Iran from Iraqi base
President tells CBS Syria pullout moving ahead, promises US forces can be sent back quickly if need be
By TOI staff
In this file photo taken on January 25, 2019, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks with reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
February 1, 2019, 5:01 am
Bipartisan US Senate vote rebukes Trump on Syria, Afghanistan pullout plans
Measure led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell states that Islamic State and al-Qaeda have yet to be defeated, still pose a serious threat to America
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
An Afghan military vehicle is seen near the attack site after a car bomb detonated on a military base in Maidan Sharar in Wardak province on January 21, 2019. (STR / AFP)
January 22, 2019, 11:10 am
Death toll in Taliban attack rises to 45 – Afghan officials
Suicide bombing destroyed military building; US officials, Taliban leaders holding talks in Qatar
By AP
US soldiers gather for a brief during a combined joint patrol rehearsal in Manbij, Syria, November 7, 2018. (US Army photo by Spc. Zoe Garbarino via AP)
December 20, 2018, 5:16 pm
After Trump pulls out of Syria, might Afghanistan and Iraq be next?
Analysts say the president may be ready to pull the plug on much larger military deployments, warn that every ally relying on US security should be worried
By Robert Burns
US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, speaks to the Federalist Society in Washington DC on September 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)
September 11, 2018, 2:27 am
US relationship with international court crashes under Trump
Longtime suspicions about the UN tribunal spill into open hostility as White House threatens to sanction ICC judges if US troops in Afghanistan probed for war crimes
By Matthew Lee
Staff Sgt. Peter Taub, who was killed in a in December 2015 suicide attack in Afghanistan (screen capture: ABC News)
July 25, 2018, 10:19 am
Pennsylvania post office renamed for Jewish airman killed in Afghanistan
Staff Sgt. Peter Taub died in a suicide attack on his patrol near Bagram Air Base in December 2015
By JTA
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher A. Celiz was killed in action July 12 in Paktiya province, Afghanistan. (US Department of Defense via JTA)
July 21, 2018, 12:08 am
Hundreds in Georgia mourn Jewish soldier killed in Afghanistan
‘He died as he lived… as a hero,’ Savannah Jewish groups say of Army Ranger Christopher Andrew Celiz, who is posthumously awarded the Purple Heart
By JTA
This file photo taken on December 18, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump speaking about his administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. ( AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
January 2, 2018, 1:43 am
Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid over ‘deceit’ in terror fight
In first tweet of the New Year, US president says Islamabad provides ‘safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan’
By AFP
US Vice President Mike Pence greets troops in a hangar at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on December 21, 2017. (POOL / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)
December 22, 2017, 12:20 am
Skipping Israel, Pence sneaks off to Afghanistan instead
Vice president, who had been originally slated to visit Jerusalem Thursday, to meet with Afghan leaders and visit US troops as administration seeks pathway to ending war
By Ken Thomas
US Defense Secretary James Mattis, right, chats with US Army General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, after a news conference at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2017. (AFP/POOL/JONATHAN ERNST)
August 22, 2017, 5:57 am
Mattis: US, allies to boost troop numbers in Afghanistan
Trump’s defense secretary says several other countries have shared commitment to increased military presence
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative photo of former Taliban fighters relinquishing their rifles to Afghan government officials in Ghor, Afghanistan, May 2013 (photo credit: Joe Painter/US Department of Defense)
August 22, 2017, 5:45 am
Trump open to eventual political deal with Taliban
In public address on US involvement in Afghanistan, president says settlement may be possible ‘someday, after an effective military effort’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Virginia, August 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the US to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 22, 2017, 5:27 am
Trump will own the war that bedeviled predecessors
An increased presence in Afghanistan represents a stinging defeat for the president’s nationalist supporters, skeptical of US intervention in long and costly overseas conflicts
By Julie Pace and Ken Thomas
US President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Virginia, August 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the US to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 22, 2017, 4:56 am
Promising to ‘win,’ Trump says US will keep fighting in Afghanistan
Unveiling new strategy, president says troops will stay in war-torn country to avoid ‘predictable and unacceptable’ results of a rapid withdrawal
By Josh Lederman and Robert Burns
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