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US hopes to reach peace deal with Taliban before July elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 9 (ANI): U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Friday (local time) hoped that the Taliban reaches a peace agreement with the United States before the Afghan Presidential elections slated to be held on July 20.
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Afghan President expresses concern over violence by Pakistani forces again
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 7 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday voiced serious concern over the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and warned that it could have “long-standing negative consequen
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Ghani slams Taliban's remarks on dissolving army
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 3 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani lashed out at the Taliban on Sunday as "those who are forcefully bringing others to negotiate" should not say that the army is not required to reinstate peace in the country.
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'Rapid US troops withdrawal would increase bloodshed', says Afghan Envoy
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 2 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy Umer Daudzai has said that the rapid withdrawal of US troops from the country would only create a "vacuum and increase bloodshed".
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India should play larger role in Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Lauding India's efforts in rebuilding war-ravaged Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said that New Delhi should now play a larger role in the country. He, however, did not elaborate on what kind of "larger" role was expected from I
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Trump strategy a 'game changer' for peace process in Afghanistan: Ashraf G
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 29(ANI/Sputnik): The new strategy of United States in Afghanistan, announced by President Donald Trump last summer, has been a game changer for the advancement of the country's peace process, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said here on Wednesday.
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V K Singh meets President, Chief Executive of Afghanistan in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 28 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh met Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and the country's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah here on Wednesday on the sidelines of the two-day Geneva ministerial Conference on Afghanistan wh
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Afghan President Ghani terms Khost attack 'shocking'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 26 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned the recent suicide bombing in the country's Khost province, calling it a "shocking incident".
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'Moscow summit first step towards peace in Afghanistan'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 17 (ANI): The meeting in Moscow last week, which saw the participation of a Taliban delegation and officials from nearly a dozen countries, was the first and positive step towards ensuring a long-lasting peace in Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said
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PM Modi raises concerns about missing Indians with Ghani
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concerns about the seven missing Indians with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, as per sources.
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US Defence Secretary Mattis meets Afghan President, discusses bilateral is
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Istanbul], Sep 08 (ANI): A delegation of the United States Department of Defence, led by Defence Secretary James Mattis and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Friday and discussed seve
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Afghan President orders investigation into distribution of fake ID cards
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 5 (ANI): An investigation into the alleged distribution of fake National Identity cards has been ordered by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani after a number of political parties claimed that fake ID cards could affect the outcome of the upcoming Parliamentary electi
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