US Set to Delay Pullout with Clock Ticking and Violence Continuing, Troops Could Remain in Afghanistan Beyond Deadline
MILITARY VIRUS OUTBREAK MUSIC Feelings of isolation, IRS says latest round Dua Lipa followed loneliness common for of stimulus checks passion to fame wounded female vets already heading out she calls ‘destiny’ Page 3 Page 6 Page 12 Positive tests continue to derail conference tourneys ›› College hoops, Page 24 stripes.com Volume 79 Edition 233B ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY,MARCH 14, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas US set to delay pullout With clock ticking and violence continuing, troops could remain in Afghanistan beyond deadline BY MISSY RYAN, KAREN DEYOUNG AND SUSANNAH GEORGE The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The United States ap- pears poised to extend its troop presence in Afghanistan beyond a May 1 deadline agreed last year with the Taliban, as it races to secure an interim peace deal that could end America’s longest war and allow Presi- dent Joe Biden to move toward an elusive foreign policy goal. Deliberations about the fate of the 2,500 U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan grow increasingly urgent as the administration approaches the deadline. The Trump ad- ministration in February 2020 agreed to the May withdrawal following negotiations with the Taliban. HAMED SARFARAZI/AP While the administration cautions that no A security official inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. A powerful car bomb killed numerous people and injured dozens more in the war-torn country’s western Herat province, officials said Saturday. SEE DELAY ON PAGE 4 Top Senate, House committee members unite against Guard deployments, Capitol fencing BY SARAH CAMMARATA the Senate Armed Services Com- gence,” Inhofe wrote, along with Stars and Stripes mittee, demanded answers from four other Senate leaders.
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