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WASHINGTON 鈥?The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Sunday that withdrawing up to half the 14,000 American troops serving there would reduce the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate a peace deal after more than 17 years of war.Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the U.S. has basically traded aw
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stanley cup d their combat mission in 2014, but American and allied troops remain, conducting strikes on the Islamic State group and the Taliban and working to train and build the Afghan military.If you tell the Taliban that we are absolutely leaving on date certain, cutting down, weakening ourselves, their incentives to try to cut a deal drop dramatically, McChrystal said on ABC This Week.McChrystal also said he worried that the Afghan people will lose confidence in the U.S. as an ally that can be counted on.I think we probably rocked them, said McChrystal, who commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan for about a year.He also was critical of President Donald Trump personally, saying he doesn ;t believe Trump tell Qgwg Navy SEAL who says he killed bin Laden reveals his identity
WAYANAD, India AP 鈥?When Deva Das was jolted awake by the roar of gushing water and boulders banging at the door, he grabbed his parents and his kids and began running for higher ground.The family waded through slush and muck, climbed a hill, and stayed there in the pouring rain for nearly four hours. When day broke Tuesday, rescuers found the family and brought them down.When the 40-year-old agricultural laborer got back to the site of his village in southern India Kerala state, there was nearly nothing left. Houses were gone, bur
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