Vice President JD Vance said US troops will be paid despite the prolonged shutdown, now in its 29th day, as millions face food aid cuts and federal workers miss paychecks. A federal judge blocked mass firings while talks remain stalled in Congress.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he isn't ruling out deploying US troops to support reconstruction of Gaza and he envisions “long-term” US ownership of a redevelopment of the territory
According to Xinhua news agency, an armed group identifying as "The Islamic Resistance in Iraq" stated in an online message on Sunday that its combatants deployed two booby-trapped drones at the Ayn al-Asad Airbase near al-Baghdadi, approximately 190 km northwest of Baghdad.
The longest-running conflict in US history, the war in Afghanistan has led to the deaths of nearly 2,400 American troops, and cost the country around $2 trillion.
The move was immediately opposed by the Opposition Democratic Party of the President-elect Joe Biden, whose lawmakers described it as a threat to national security.
The United States first intervened in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 attacks and dislodged the Taliban regime, which had welcomed Al-Qaeda.
