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India supports intra-Afghan negotiations: MEA on release of 400 Taliban pr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): India has taken note of the developments in Afghanistan regarding the release of 400 Taliban prisoners and supports intra-Afghan negotiations, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
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Terrorists in Afghanistan's Nangarhar kill 6 policemen, leave 6 other inju
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Terrorists in the Afghan province of Nangarhar have led an attack on law enforcement officers, leaving six dead and six more with injuries, locals told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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Afghan President signs decree to release 400 Taliban prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release 400 Taliban prisoners, as part of efforts to begin intra-Afghan talks, a source at the Presidential Palace said.
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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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US welcomes Taliban's Eid ul-Adha ceasefire announcement
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States welcomes the Taliban's declaration of a three-day ceasefire over Eid ul-Adha commencing on July 31, acting US Ambassador to Kabul Ross Wilson said.
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10,708 Afghan soldiers killed, wounded since US-Taliban peace deal: Ghani
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday that a total of 10,708 members of the Afghan National Security and Defence Forces (ANDSF) have been killed and injured since the signing of the US-Taliban peace deal on February 29.
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Taliban attacks joint Afghan Army-police checkpost in Kunduz, 7 killed
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): At least two Afghan soldiers and five Taliban militants were killed while 11 people from the two sides were wounded during pre-dawn clashes in northern Kunduz province, a local official said on Wednesday.
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How Pakistan deceived US on Afghanistan and terrorism
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): The two deadly terror attacks in May which claimed 38 lives in Kabul and Nangarhar in Afghanistan, clearly exposed the short-sightedness of the US-Taliban agreement reached in Doha in a bid to carve out Afghanistan's peaceful future.
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Afghan Taliban still maintain ties with al-Qaeda, says UN report
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): The Taliban in Afghanistan still maintain close ties with the al-Qaeda terror network, despite signing a peace deal with the United States in which they committed to fight terrorist groups, a UN report released on Tuesday said.
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UN Security Council unlikely to lift sanctions over Taliban
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 29 (ANI): Days after the Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of the peace deal with the United States, the UN Security Council was expected to vote on lifting sanctions over the group. But the matter has been squashed as certain conditions ma
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US aims to reduce number of troops in Afghanistan to 8,600 in July
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States remains on track to reduce its military presence in Afghanistan to 8,600 personnel in July in line with its agreements with the Taliban, US Department of Defence spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman said on Tuesday (local time).
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Khalilzad meets Afghan President in Kabul, discusses next step in peace pr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and discussed the next steps in the peace process, according to a statement from the Presidential Palace on Wednesday.
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