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Afghan govt may free Taliban prisoners, send delegation to Doha
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan government will free all remaining Taliban prisoners later on Wednesday, and the government delegation is scheduled to leave for intra-Afghan talks in Doha tonight or Thursday, Fraidoon Khawzoon, spokesperson for Abdullah Abdullah, t
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Taliban says ready to begin intra-Afghan negotiations within a week
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 10 (ANI): The Taliban is ready to begin intra-Afghan negotiations within a week if the prisoners' release is completed, said spokesperson Suhail Shaheen.
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Taliban violence remains high in Afghanistan amid peace talk efforts
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22(ANI): Thirteen provinces in Afghanistan have over the last two weeks witnessed clashes between the Taliban and the Afghan government, something which the latter has termed as unacceptable.
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Afghanistan: Ghani says fate of imprisoned government forces must be clari
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 18 (ANI): As peace talks between the government and the Taliban seem to be imminent, President Ashraf Ghani said that the peace process will be unable to move forward until the fate of the security forces personnel who are being held by the Taliban, is made clear.
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US pulls out troops from 5 bases in Afghanistan as part of agreement with
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 15 (ANI): The Pentagon announced on Tuesday (local time) that the US has withdrawn from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces there as part of the agreement it entered into with the Taliban earlier this year.
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EU condemns escalating violence in Afghanistan as 'unacceptable', calls fo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Ambassadors of the European Union in Kabul are deeply concerned about the marked escalation of violence experienced throughout Afghanistan since the Eid-ceasefire and have called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
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US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Pak to forge remaining commitments o
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 28 (ANI): United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad departed for Doha, Islamabad and Tashkent on Sunday to garner support to meet the remaining commitments ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations, specifically reduced violence a
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Mullah Omar's son takes charge of Taliban following disarray over leadersh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Mullah Yaqoob, the son of Mullah Omar--founder of Afghan Taliban, has taken over as interim commander following disagreements among members of the group over the leadership, after a number of senior Taliban operatives fell ill to coronavirus, according A
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Afghan President Ghani vows to expedite release of Taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 24 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said that the process of the release of Taliban prisoners would be expedited.
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Khalilzad reaches Kabul to press Afghan govt, Taliban to begin peace talks
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 (ANI): United States special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday reached Afghanistan, days after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the new Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, signed a power-sharing deal.
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Russia, Pakistan, Iran, China envoys discuss Afghan power-sharing deal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 19 (ANI): Special Representatives for Afghanistan from Russia, Pakistan, Iran and China have expressed hope that the agreement reached between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the new Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation will help
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Afghan-India ties are within international framework: Kabul to Taliban on
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], may 18 (ANI): Reacting to the recent remarks from the Taliban stating that India has been playing a negative role in the country since past 40 years, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) has said that its relations with India are within "international fr
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