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Treating Pak as 'normal neighbour' won't benefit Afghan peace process: Vic
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 8 (ANI): Reiterating that several Taliban leaders are based in Pakistan, the Afghan government on Monday said Islamabad is a direct party to the Afghanistan conflict and treating it as a "normal neighbour" would not help the peace process in the war-torn country.
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Pak takes credit for facilitating Afghan peace after Kabul slams Islamabad
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Days after Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed Islamabad for violating Afghanistan's national sovereignty by allowing Taliban leaders to operate from Pakistani territory, Pakistan has officially taken credit for "facilitating talks" betw
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Taliban leaders' presence in Pakistan violates Afghanistan's national sove
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): After a series of videos surfaced showing Taliban leaders continuing their terror activities in Pakistan, Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that the presence of Taliban leaders in Pakistan "clearly violates Afghanistan's national
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Slain Taliban leader Mullah Mansour had 'life insurance policy' from Pakis
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in 2016 in a US drone strike, had purchased a 'life insurance' policy from a private company in Pakistan using a fake identity.
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Head of UN assistance mission in Afghanistan met with Taliban leaders in D
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Deborah Lyons, met with leaders of the Taliban radical movement on Wednesday in Doha, they reaffirmed commitment to faster progress in the crisis settlement, UNAMA said.
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Taliban appoints Mawlawi Abdul Hakim as new chief negotiator
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): Taliban leaders have appointed Mawlawi Abdul Hakim, the chief justice of the group, as head of their 21-member negotiating team in Qatar, TOLO News reported.
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NATO commander meets Taliban leaders in Qatar to discuss implementation of
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], April 11 (Sputnik/ANI) NATO commander in Afghanistan Gen Austin Miller met the Taliban leadership in the Qatari capital of Doha to discuss the implementation of a peace deal signed by both parties, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday.
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'We had a good conversation': Trump confirms speaking to Taliban leader
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): Amid reports that the Taliban had resumed violence in Afghanistan just days after the US and Taliban signed a historic agreement in Qatar, President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) confirmed that he had spoken with the Taliban leader Mullah Abdul G
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Will meet Taliban leaders in 'not-too-distant future': Trump
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 01 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he will meet Taliban leaders in the 'not-too-distant future'.
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Prominent Taliban leader killed in Afghan forces operation in Badakhshan p
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 20 (Sputnik/ANI): A prominent Taliban leader was killed during an operation by the Afghan security forces in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, The Khaama Press News Agency reported on Thursday, citing the country's Defense Ministry.
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Taliban leader Ehsan says he escaped to Turkey with family
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Feb 07 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) former spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who escaped from jail in Pakistan early this month, said that he is in Turkey along with his family.
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'Taliban leader Ehsanullah Ehsan's escape from Pak jail has been an inside
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb 7 (ANI): The news has been circulating on social media: Ehsanullah Ehsan, former spokesperson and top leader of Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has 'fled' the jail, or, to be more precise, the safe house where he was living in Pakistani Army's custody.
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