Afghanistan

Full Text And Analysis: Trump's Address On Afghanistan, Plans For U.S. Engagement

10:27pm August 21, 2017

The president is addressing the nation about U.S. engagement in the country on Monday night. Watch the speech and read a transcript of his remarks with annotations by NPR journalists.

President Trump announces his South Asia strategy, saying that conditions on the ground in Afghanistan, not timetables, will dictate decisions.

'We Are Not Nation-Building Again,' Trump Says While Unveiling Afghanistan Strategy

10:02pm August 21, 2017

by Philip Ewing

After months of deliberation, a reluctant president is expected to increase the American military presence by about 4,000 troops after 16 years of war with no end in sight.

Trump Confronts Major Choice On How To Proceed In Afghanistan

4:42pm August 21, 2017

by Tom Bowman

President Trump addresses the nation Monday night on "the way forward" in Afghanistan. NPR looks at the range of options available to the president and the situation on the ground.

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Past Presidents Used Prime Time Addresses To Outline Afghanistan Strategy

4:42pm August 21, 2017

As President Trump prepares to deliver an address Monday night on his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, NPR looks back on previous presidential addresses to the nation regarding this war.

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Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus Describes Trump's Options In Afghanistan

4:42pm August 21, 2017

President Trump will give a speech Monday night on Afghanistan. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of troops in Afghanistan, about the state of the war in Afghanistan.

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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the tarmac before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport Sunday to return to Washington.

Trump Returns To Washington, Seeking New Afghanistan Policy And Overall Reset

11:48am August 21, 2017

by Scott Horsley

After a none-too-restful "working vacation," President Trump is back in the White House today. He's planning a prime-time address to the country on his latest strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

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Trump To Deliver Prime-Time Address On Afghanistan

8:11am August 21, 2017

David Greene talks to Aaron O'Connell, a veteran of the Afghan war, about what he expects to hear from Trump. O'Connell is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas in Austin.

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Morning News Brief: Trump's Afghan Strategy, Total Solar Eclipse

7:49am August 21, 2017

In a televised address Monday night, President Trump will lay out his strategy for Afghanistan. And for the first time in nearly a century, the moon will completely block the sun in parts of the U.S.

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White House Resets: Bannon Out, Path Forward In Afghanistan

7:49am August 21, 2017

The White House starts the week without chief strategist Steve Bannon, who left on Friday. President Trump will speak to the nation Monday night about the path forward in Afghanistan.

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Trump's National Security Team Meets To Discuss Way Forward In Afghanistan

8:03pm August 18, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

President Trump's national security team has been trying — and failing — for months to come up with a new plan for Afghanistan. On Friday, they will meet again at Camp David to plot a way forward in the longest war in U.S. history. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says all options are on the table. What are they, and what's the country's goal at this point?

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