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Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan offer to host Intra-Afghan peace talks
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov offered on Saturday their respective countries' services to provide a platform for negotiations between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban radical movemen
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Lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan only after govt implements 'Islamic' syst
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 12 (ANI): A lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan will be reached once the government system in the country becomes 'Islamic', Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, said on the sidelines of the ongoing peace talks in Doha on Saturday.
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Afghan soil should never be used for anti-India activities: Jaishankar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said Afghan soil should never be used for carrying out anti-India activities and supported the need for an immediate ceasefire in order to establish long-lasting peace in Afghanistan.
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Intra-Afghan peace talks 'a test for both sides': Zalmay Khalilzad
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday (local time) he is hopeful that talks between the Afghan government and Taliban due to begin on Saturday would pave the way for a peace process and withdrawal of foreign troops afte
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US will decide its Afghanistan policy based on peace talks results: State
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will decide on its policy and relations with Afghanistan based on the agreements reached during the upcoming peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban movement, US Department of State Special Representative
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Pompeo to attend intra-Afghan peace talks in Qatar: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will head to Doha later in the day to participate in the intra-Afghan peace talks.
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Afghan govt may free Taliban prisoners, send delegation to Doha
Updated : 5 years, 6 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, 7 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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Afghanistan: Ghani says fate of imprisoned government forces must be clari
Updated : 5 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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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