The United States has recalled its chief envoy involved in Afghan peace talks with the Taliban.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he canceled a meeting in Washington with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after a car bomb in Kabul killed 12 people, including a U.S. soldier.
Three former U.S. envoys to Afghanistan warn that a draft U.S.-Taliban agreement on the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the country is a mistake that could unleash a "more dangerous" civil war.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has postponed a planned visit to Washington during which he was to discuss the U.S.-Taliban talks aimed at ending the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan, officials say.
Afghan officials say they support progress toward peace but are concerned about a draft agreement reached "in principle" between U.S. and Taliban negotiators on ending their 18-year conflict.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the western security alliance "fully supports" U.S. efforts to clinch a peace deal in Afghanistan.
French President Emmanuel Macron has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Paris is watching developments in Kashmir closely and urged him to respect the rights of people on both sides of the divided Himalayan region.
Pakistan says it is downgrading its relations with nuclear rival India, suspending bilateral trade, and expelling New Delhi's top envoy, as tensions soar over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The U.S. peace envoy seeking to negotiate an end to the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan said a presidential election slated for September 28 is likely to go ahead if a deal is not finalized.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump wants combat forces of the United States and its allies reduced in Afghanistan before the next U.S. presidential election in November 2020.
U.S. President Donald Trump has held out the possibility of restoring aid to Pakistan as Islamabad is "helping us a lot now" to find a way out of the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
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