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Taliban halts talks with Afghan govt on prisoner exchange
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI): The Taliban on Tuesday broke off talks with the Afghan government on prisoner exchange, the main step in peace talks being brokered by the United States after it agreed on a troop withdrawal pact with the group.
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3 Taliban militants killed in bomb blast in Aghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): At least three militants affiliated to the Taliban died when a bomb planted by them went off in Afghanistan's central Ghor province, the Afghan government announced on Saturday.
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India welcomes peace negotiating team formed by Afghan govt
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): India on Wednesday welcomed the formation of a 21-member peace negotiating team by the Afghan government intended to hold intra-Afghan peace talks with the Taliban.
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Taliban reject Afghan govt's negotiation team
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Taliban have rejected the Afghan government's negotiation team, claiming that the list of negotiators goes sideways with the previous agreement between the Taliban and the United States, the militant group said on Saturday in a press release.
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Pompeo meets Taliban officials in Qatar to salvage peace deal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo on Monday made an unannounced visit to Kabul (Afghanistan) and Doha (Qatar) to hold talks with the Afghan government in an effort to prevent the country's peace deal from unwinding, CNN reported.
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US envoy says Afghan govt, Taliban discussed prisoners swap via video conf
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan government and the Taliban discussed the exchange of prisoners during a rare video conference to pave the way for a broader peace agenda, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.
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'Direct approach should be given preference' for resolving bilateral issue
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 2 (ANI): Afghanistan should resolve its bilateral issues with Pakistan directly rather than involving the United States, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday, referring to the joint declaration between US and the Afghan government which said
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US to withdraw all forces 'within 14 months': US-Afghan declaration
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 29 (ANI): The United States will withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan within 14 months, as per a joint agreement between the Afghan government and Washington.
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Members of Afghan govt leave for Doha to meet Taliban for peace deal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 28 (ANI): A six-member delegation from the Afghan government on Friday left for the Qatari capital of Doha to hold talks with the Taliban as a peace deal between the group and the United States is due to be signed in the weekend.
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India welcomes Afghan presidential poll results, says committed to fightin
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 23 (ANI): India on Monday welcomed the announcement of preliminary results of the presidential election of Afghanistan and said that New Delhi remains committed to working with the Afghan government in its "fight against terrorism".
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Taliban should accept US proposal for ceasefire: Afghan govt
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 1 (ANI): President Ghani's spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi on Sunday said that the Taliban should accept United States' proposal for a ceasefire agreement as that will pave way for the direct talks between the group and the Afghan government.
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US welcomes release of American, Australian professors in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday welcomed the release of American and Australian professors Kevin King and Timothy Weeks by the Taliban, and thanked the Ashraf Ghani-led Afghan government for its actions enabling their release after more than three years in cap
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