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China always urged Taliban to join peace talks: Envoy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 7 (ANI): A top Chinese diplomat told Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani that Beijing has always urged the Taliban militant group to enter into political negotiations with the Kabul administration.
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Stop blaming Pak, review fragmented approach to Taliban peace talks: Aziz
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 19 (ANI): Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has asked Afghanistan to stop blaming Pakistan for the deteriorating security situation in the country and advised them to instead review their 'fragmented' approach to peac
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HPC blames Pakistan for failure of Taliban peace talks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 (ANI): Afghanistan's High Peace Council (HPC) has slammed Pakistan for its controversial role in the Afghan peace process, saying Islamabad has been the key obstruction in the way of purposeful peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban milita
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Taliban video shows kidnapped professors begging Trump to negotiate their
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan. 12 (ANI): In a video released by the Taliban militant group, an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped in Kabul five months ago have pleaded with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to help secure their release .
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Imphal: Editors' Guild Manipur stages protest against planting of han
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): Denouncing the planting of a grenade at the office of Pandam evening daily, Imphal, by a militant group, the Editors' Guild Manipur staged a sit-in-protest on Tuesday.
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Twitter accounts of three key al-Qaida figures suspended
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 27 (ANI): Twitter has suspended the account of Jordanian preacher and militant group al-Qaida's spiritual leader, Abu Qatada, along with two other influential scholars said to be aligned with the extremist organisation.
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Quetta carnage report: PPP to file contempt petition against Chaudhry Nisa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Peoples Party will file a contempt petition against Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for his unwarranted remark against the judicial commission's report on the August 8 Quetta carnage which highlighted the government's ina
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Pakistan Interior Minister offers to resign over report on Quetta carnage
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 17 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Saturday said that he had decided to resign over growing criticism following the report submitted to the Supreme Court by the inquiry commission on the August 8 Quetta carnage which highlighted government inact
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Under President Trump, U.S. must be willing to declare Pakistan state spon
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec.9 (ANI): Under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, the United States must be willing to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, and in doing so, should also consider imposing sweeping and devastating sanctions against Pakis
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Taliban hangs engineering student in Afghanistan's Wardak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 3 (ANI): Insurgents from the Taliban militant group hanged a Kabul Polytechnic University engineering student in Maidan Wardak province yesterday for spying.
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Trump is 'man of bad character', says Jaish-e-Mohammad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 24 (ANI): Militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has described U.S. President Elect Donald Trump as a man of bad character and a threat to Muslims across the world.
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Taliban's explosives expert arrested in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 22 (ANI): The Afghan Security Forces have arrested the explosives expert of the Taliban militant group in the eastern Nangarhar province.
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