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US should come out of hangover of past, says Pak FM Qureshi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], May 26 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan’s priorities have changed, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday asked the United States to come out of its hangover and quit seeing Islamabad from the “Afghanistan prism”, adding that Washington should focu
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Taliban maintains close ties with al Qaeda: report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): The Taliban has maintained "close ties with al Qaeda" and is "very likely preparing for large-scale offensives" against population centres and Afghan government installations, an intelligence agency of the United States federal government has said.
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Afghanistan 'ready' to fight Taliban after US pullout: President Ghani
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 18 (ANI): The Afghan government is ready to fight against the Taliban after the full withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, said President Ashraf Ghani as the US announced the completion of up to 20 per cent troops from the war-torn country.
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Afghan govt delegation, Taliban discuss peace talks in Qatar
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Doha [Qatar], May 15 (ANI): After months of stalled negotiations, the Afghan government's negotiating team and the Taliban leadership met in Doha, Qatar on Friday to discuss speeding up peace talks.
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Afghans deserve much more than an Eid ceasefire, says US envoy Khalilzad
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in violence in Afghanistan in recent weeks, US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday welcomed the announcements by the Taliban and the Afghan government to uphold ceasefire in the country during the festival of Eid.
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Kabul school blasts death toll rises to over 60
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): The death toll from recent explosions near a school in Kabul has climbed to at least 63, with over 150 others wounded, said the Afghan Government.
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Taliban reject Afghan defence ministry reports of heavy casualties
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): The Taliban on Saturday rejected the Afghan Defence Ministry report that they (Taliban) had suffered significant losses due to heavy fighting over the first four months of this year but the Ministry maintained that the figures of Taliban casualties were acc
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Taliban's refusal to join Istanbul Conference shows unwillingness to end w
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban's refusal to participate in the international conference on Afghanistan, previously scheduled to take place in Istanbul, shows the group's unwillingness to end the war, Nader Nadery, a senior member of the Afghan government's peace negotia
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'Afghan gov't counts on Qatar to continue playing neutral role in Doha tal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan government is grateful to Qatar for fostering a neutral environment at its talks with the Taliban in Doha and hopes it will continue playing a positive role in the peace process, a presidential adviser told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Treating Pak as 'normal neighbour' won't benefit Afghan peace process: Vic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 8 (ANI): Reiterating that several Taliban leaders are based in Pakistan, the Afghan government on Monday said Islamabad is a direct party to the Afghanistan conflict and treating it as a "normal neighbour" would not help the peace process in the war-torn country.
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Kabul negotiators discuss human rights with Herat Residents
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Affghanistan], March 7 (ANI): Afghan government's delegation at peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar has its focus on human rights and reintegration of fighters, among other priorities of the political reconciliation, negotiators Ghulam Farooq Majrooh and Ayoub Ansari said.
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Intra-Afghan talks 'waste of time' unless Taliban implement ceasefire: Pre
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are a "waste of time" as long as the radical movement fails to implement its commitment to reduce violence and implement a ceasefire, Haji Nazir Ahmadzai, a senior adviser to the
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