In testimony to the House Committee Foreign Affairs, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that efforts at reconstruction in Afghanistan have largely failed due to corruption and lying.
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Two western hostages, including an American citizen, were released Tuesday by the Taliban. Comments from all sides have fuelled speculations that peace talks might resume.
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8,239 civilian casualties reported in Afghanistan in the first nine months of 2019- forty percent of which were women and children.
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A UN report released Wednesday, said the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan “verified 39 civilian casualties (30 deaths, five injured and four whose status of killed or injured remains undetermined), including 14 children and one woman” from a May 5 strike by American force. It also stated that the UNAMA has “reliable and credible evidence” about 30 additional deaths.
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The head of Central Command stressed the need to maintain strong military-to-military ties between the U.S. and Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan
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