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The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

ISAF was a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, established by the United Nations in 2001. Its main purpose was to train the Afghan forces and assist in rebuilding government institutions.

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Afghan special forces in the capital Kabul

Attacks in northern Afghanistan leave several dead

Attacks in northern Afghanistan leave several dead

Scores of civilians and Afghan troops are dead, missing and wounded following multiple attacks.
ConflictsJune 6, 2021
Taliban fighters in the Ghazi Province of Afghanistan

Western professors freed in prisoner swap with Taliban

Western professors freed in prisoner swap with Taliban

Afghanistan has freed three Taliban figures in exchange for the release of two Western hostages.
PoliticsNovember 19, 2019
NATO - ISAF in Afghanistan

Germany to extend Afghanistan military mission

Germany to extend Afghanistan military mission

US plans to withdraw from the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan may change matters for the 1,200 Bundeswehr troops there.
PoliticsFebruary 13, 2019
A placard for the Taliban at Afghan peace talks in Moscow, 2018

Western intervention in Afghanistan just keeps failing

Western intervention in Afghanistan just keeps failing

Holding peace talks with the Taliban is scandalous. But, DW's Florian Weigand asks, is there any real alternative?
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Florian Weigand
Commentary
ConflictsJanuary 28, 2019
Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen joins in carol singing with troops in Afghanistan

German defense minister backs longer Afghanistan mission

German defense minister backs longer Afghanistan mission

Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has said that ISAF was too hasty in its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
ConflictsDecember 18, 2017
Afghansistan Deutsche Botschaft bei Anschlag in Kabul massiv beschädigt

Where is the US's Afghan strategy?

Where is the US's Afghan strategy?

Reports of delays from the Trump administration on a strategy for Afghanistan indicate dissonance in the White House.
PoliticsAugust 4, 2017
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