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US envoy Khalilzad meets with Pak Army chief to discuss Afghan peace
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday met with Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other officials to discuss the Afghan peace process, US State Department said.
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Treating Pak as 'normal neighbour' won't benefit Afghan peace process: Vic
Updated : 5 years 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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Blinken writes to Ghani for UN-led meeting of India, 5 other countries o
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Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken has written to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani proposing a United Nations-facilitated peace conference with representatives of six countries including India to discuss a "unified approach to supporting peace in Afghanistan".<
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5 killed in recent targeted attacks in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Five people were killed and five others wounded in terrorists' direct attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday, the latest in a string of targeted killings in the Asian country, according to an independent war monitoring group.
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3 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghanistan's Kapisa province
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 7 (ANI): Three Taliban terrorists were killed on Sunday when the bomb in their possession went off prematurely in central Kapisa province, reported Pajhwok Afghan News.
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Kabul negotiators discuss human rights with Herat Residents
Updated : 5 years 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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1 person killed, over 18 injured in Afghanistan blast
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 7 (ANI): One person was killed and over 18 were injured in an explosion in Afghanistan's Kunar province on Saturday evening.
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Taliban kill 7 Afghan soldiers in northern Balkh
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Balkh [Afghanistan], March 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Taliban terrorists attacked an Afghan army checkpoint in the northern Balkh province on Friday night and killed seven soldiers, the TOLOnews reported on Saturday.
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Massive fire breaks out in Afghanistan's Farah customs office
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Farah [Afghanistan], March 6 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a fuel reservoir in the customs office of Afghanistan's Farah province on Saturday morning, TOLO News reported citing officials.
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Afghanistan: 3 killed in Helmand blast
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 6 (ANI): Three people were killed in a blast in Helmand province on Saturday morning near the provincial police headquarters in Lashkargah city, reported TOLO News.
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Mohammadi to embark on boxing career in India after leaving Afghanistan du
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New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): Afghanistan boxer Nawid Mohammadi, who left his country and came to India in 2013 because of turmoil back home, said he wants to do well in the sport and make his country proud.
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14 killed in avalanche in northern Afghanistan
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Badakhshan [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Fourteen villagers were killed and three others wounded after an avalanche struck a far-flung area in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Thursday, a local government spokesman confirmed.
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