Security council taking to the lectern now is we thought was it his white pompei or the u. S. Secretary of state lets listen in to what he has to say. I want to. Move out. Of. This city for you and for your support of both sides in this moment. That is in the power of your. Hostility and. We all. Know that our leaders should be in. A ship with. Another foreign terrorist groups they also recognize that military victory was impossible. I then asked him bastard to serve as our lead negotiator to gauge the talibans sincerity the agreement that we will sign today is the true test of this effort we will closely watch the talibans compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions this is how we will ensure that afghanistan never again serves as a base for International Terrorists the negotiation process and doha with all of its twists and turns as shown it is possible for us to take this step together over the past 7 days by lims levels have reached t
Inspector general sopko, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee. Forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans statement. Thank you mr. Chairman pro tem, United States has been in afghanistan for almost 19 years, the longest war in the history of the United States. We sacrificed much on the battlefield, but we achieved a great deal. We decimated al qaeda and greatly weakened their global network. As a resul
Is pace finally coming to afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war the government in kabul is not involved so kind this agreement lost and will the Afghan Peoples rights be protected this is inside story. Elevator and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards last thing peace in afghanistan the United States and the Afghan Taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war its a result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st stage involves exchange of 6000 prisoners and whats called a meaningful reduction of violence over the next 135 days the u. S. And nato will withdraw all troops within 14 months if the taliban up holds its commitments its hopes all this will lead to direct talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government in kabul which the taliban has refused to recognize were just at the beginning. Furthering the cause of peace will require serious work and sacrifice
Efforts in afghanistan. We will come to order. All members will have five days to submit statements to the record. Notice, we are here today to examine the lessons from americas war in afghanistan. , welcome general sopko to the Foreign Affairs committee. I look forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans st
Crew aboard the plane were killed when it went down shortly after takeoff a car chase suspect mechanical problems caused the crash. On unwelcome im not that she was good to have you with us. Iran claims its killed more than 80 americans after firing Ballistic Missiles at u. S. Military targets in iraq the u. S. Defense Department Says its still assessing the damage the missiles reportedly hits 2 bases the base in western iraq and another near the city of erbil in the north irans revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the us assassination of general qassam solely money. Its all about the. Iranian state television claiming at least 15 missed silos fired by Iranian Forces have hit the. Base in iraq killing 80 u. S. Soldiers. The numbers cannot yet be verified and so far there have been no reports of casualties from the United States or other coalition forces. This promised act of revenge was for the killing of top military commander general salim mani the move has been