US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he has given the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan the go-ahead to begin the initial withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that Afghanistan and the United States had reached an agreement based on which the U.S. and coalition forces will withdraw from the country within 14 months.

Top US diplomat, Taliban co-founder to sign agreement in Doha on Saturday that could end US' longest war

At least five Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban militants stormed their base in northern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is not without risk but “looks very promising.”

A U.S. service member was killed in a "non-combat related incident" in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.

The United States and the Taliban have negotiated a "proposal" for a week-long scaling-down in violence, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has told journalists in Brussels.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated that any future troop drawdowns in Afghanistan were "not necessarily" linked to a deal with the Taliban, suggesting some lowering of force levels may happen irrespective of the continuing peace push.

Russia has slammed President Donald Trump's plan to deploy troops into Syrian oil fields as “criminal activity,” accusing the US of seeking to smuggle out oil worth over “$30 million" per month.

Almost 40 strikes hit Afghanistan every day in September, new Pentagon figures show, working out as more than 1,100 over the month, a significant rise.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says all of the American troops pulling out of northeastern Syria will move to western Iraq.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday in a bid to bring talks with the Taliban back on track after President Donald Trump abruptly broke off negotiations last month seeking to end the United States’ longest war.

On the orders of US President Donald Trump, the U.S. military has ramped up the number of air and ground attacks against the Taliban, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said.