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Taliban needs legitimacy at home in order to gain international recognitio
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai said that the Taliban needs legitimacy nationally in order to gain recognition by the international community.
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9 killed, 20 injured in firing incident at tribal court in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): At least nine people were killed and 20 others suffered injuries in a firing between two groups while attending a session of a Jirga, the local tribal court, in Pakistan's northwestern Upper Dir district on Monday.
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'Deported' woman Afghan MP failed to produce valid documents, say Govt sou
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): A woman member of the Afghan parliament, who claimed she was deported from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on August 20, had failed to show any documents of her medical treatment in India nor any reference from the Afghanistan Embassy, gove
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Leaders left country, common people, women, children making sacrifices: Ya
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): Yasmin Nigar Khan, granddaughter of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and All India Pakhtoon Jirga-e-Hind president on Tuesday slammed Afghanistan leaders who left the country and said common people, women and children are making sacrifices.
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Khosa chief blames Imran Khan-led PTI government for lawlessness in tribal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dera Ghazi Khan [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Punjab's former Governor and chief of Khosa tribe, Sardar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa on Wednesday blamed the Imran Khan-led PTI government for lawlessness in the tribal areas of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur.
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Pakistan: Black day observed on 3rd anniversary of 'unconstitutional' merg
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): A black day was observed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the 'unnatural' and 'unconstitutional' merger of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the province.
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Ashraf Ghani opposes hasty peace in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 11 (ANI): Amid the rise in terrorist attacks by the Taliban, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said he has a clear plan for peace in the country but pointed out that the process should not be hasty.
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In blow ahead of talks, Taliban refuses to recognise Afghan govt
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 16 (ANI): In a big blow to the Afghan reconciliation process, the Taliban on Saturday (local time) said that it does not recognise the Ashraf Ghani government as a legitimate system ahead of the intra-Afghan talks.
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400 Taliban terrorists still not released by Afghan govt despite decree by
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): The 400 Taliban terrorists have still not been released despite President Ashraf Ghani signing a decree to do the same on Monday evening, sourced told Tolo News.
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US says there's no secret deal with Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): The United States has said there is no secret deal with Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani confirmed this after the Loya Jirga (grand assembly) approved the release of 400 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture in a major breakthrough that will pave th
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In major breakthrough, Afghan Loya Jirga approves release of 400 Taliban p
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 9 (ANI): The Loya Jirga of Afghanistan on Sunday approved the release of 400 Taliban prisoners in a major breakthrough that will pave the way for intra-Afghan talks.
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'Honest, direct talks' only way forward to resolve Afghanistan crisis: Abd
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 07 (ANI): As Afghanistan government readies up to hold talks with Taliban, Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) Chairman, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday said that the honest and direct talks are the only way forward to resolve the current crisis in
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