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Abdullah Abdullah set to visit India to muster support for Afghan peace pr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 5 (ANI): The top Afghan negotiator in peace talks with the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, is slated to visit New Delhi later this week to muster support for the Afghan peace process and strengthen regional consensus.
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Direct talks between Afghan govt, Taliban yet to begin after 22 days of op
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], October 5 (ANI): Even 22-day after the opening ceremony of the intra-Afghan dialogue in Doha, the negotiating teams of the Afghan government and Taliban are yet to begin direct talks to restore peace in the war-torn nation.
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Reports emerge of ISI's involvement in car bomb explosion in Afghanistan's
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 4 (ANI): Reports have emerged of the ISI's involvement in the car bomb explosion in Nangarhar even as the Afghan govt accused the Taliban and other terrorist groups of continuing crimes against the people of Afghanistan.
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'Internal stability necessary for peace in Afghanistan but ending malign e
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 1 (ANI): Days ahead of the intra-Afghan talks, a tweet by veteran US diplomat Alice G Wells on the long-standing Durand border dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan has sparked a flurry of reactions from people in Afghanistan.
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Taliban aware of possible new obstacles during intra-Afghan peace talks: S
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem Wardak told reporters on Wednesday that the intra-Afghan peace talks, which were launched in Doha earlier this month, were not an easy process and required patience and dedication from both sides.
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US Presidential debate: Biden calls Trump 'Putin's puppy'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30. (ANI) Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized US President Donald Trump for failing to confront Russia over several issues including Moscow offering the Taliban bounties to kill US troops and termed Trump as a "puppy" of Russian Presiden
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Bomb blast in Central Afghanistan kills 15 people
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow/Cairo [Russia/Egypt], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 15 people were killed in a bomb explosion in the central Afghan province of Daykundi, a spokesman for the interior ministry, Tariq Arian, said on Tuesday.
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Taliban negotiating team says Afghan govt unwilling to accept US peace dea
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan government is unwilling to accept the terms of a peace deal signed between the Taliban and the United States, Khairullah Khairkhwa, a member of the terrorist group's negotiating team at the intra-Afghan peace talks, told the Afghan-
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At least 35 Taliban terrorists killed by security forces in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 27 (ANI): At least 35 Taliban terrorists were killed and 17 were wounded in clashes with security forces in the last 24 hours, according to local officials.
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Hasty international withdrawal from Afghanistan would be unwise: Pak PM Im
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 27 (ANI): The stakeholders involved in the Afghan peace process should refrain from the temptation for setting "unrealistic" timelines for an early withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan as it would be "unwise" to do so, said Pakistan Prime Ministe
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Local police commander killed in Taliban attack in Badakhshan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 26 (ANI): A local police commander was killed in a Taliban attack in the northeastern province of Badakhshan province on Friday, said the spokesperson for the provincial police chief.
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Taliban will not accept permanent ceasefire until political settlement: Kh
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul[Afghanistan], September 26 (ANI): The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said that the Taliban would not agree to a comprehensive ceasefire until there is a political settlement.
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