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Unified team under Afghan govt is required to achieve peace: Zalmay
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 19 (ANI): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconcilliation, Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday said that "a unified negotiating team" under the umbrella of the Afghan government is required in order to achieve peace in war-torn Afghanistan.
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US-Taliban talks in Pakistan postponed
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Negotiations between US officials and Taliban members which were supposed to be held in Islamabad on Monday has now been postponed.
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Pak-Taliban meeting: Afghanistan seeks UNSC intervention
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] Feb 17 (ANI): Afghanistan on Sunday voiced its concern to United Nations Security Council on Pakistan’s engagements with Taliban, saying it not only undermines ongoing peace efforts but violates Afghanistan's National Sovereignty and UNSC Resolution 1988.
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US acting Defence Secy arrives in Afghanistan on surprise visit
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 11 (ANI): Patrick Shanahan, the US' acting Defence Secretary, made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday.
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Afghan government offers offices to Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] Feb 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said that his government is ready to allow the Taliban to open an office in Kabul, Kandahar or Nangarhar provinces to bring "lasting and honourable peace to the country".
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Afghan Government slams Russia for allowing UN blacklisted Taliban to atte
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan), Feb 9 (ANI): The Afghan government, which was not invited in last week's Moscow talks, slammed Russia for allowing the United Nations-blacklisted Taliban members to take part in the talks.
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US hopes to reach peace deal with Taliban before July elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 9 (ANI): U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Friday (local time) hoped that the Taliban reaches a peace agreement with the United States before the Afghan Presidential elections slated to be held on July 20.
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Afghan politicians, Taliban say talks to continue
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 7 (ANI): An Afghan delegation led by former president Hamid Karzai and representatives of Taliban say that they would continue their peace talks following two days of negotiations in Russia. About 40 Afghan politicians, excluding government officials, met on February 5-6
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USA to withdraw half the troops from Afghanistan by April-end: Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 6 (ANI): The United States promised Taliban to remove half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, an official from Taliban's political office in Doha told reporters here on Wednesday.
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'Moscow talks first step towards inter-Afghan dialogue', says Karzai
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 3 (ANI): Former President Hamid Karzai on Sunday said talks between Afghan government and the Taliban representatives will promote in creating national and regional consensus for peace.
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Ghani slams Taliban's remarks on dissolving army
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 3 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani lashed out at the Taliban on Sunday as "those who are forcefully bringing others to negotiate" should not say that the army is not required to reinstate peace in the country.
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Talks hosted by Russis will not help in peace process, says Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has said that peace talks being hosted by Russia next week will not help the peace process and that Moscow should respect an Afghan-led and owned peace process, amid reports that the Taliban have refused to meet with Afghan government represen
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