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US preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 2 (ANI): The United States is preparing to withdraw thousands of its troops from Afghanistan as part of an agreement with the Taliban to end the 18-year-long war, US officials have said.
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Taliban hopeful of reaching agreement with US in upcoming talks
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): The Taliban has said that it is hopeful of reaching an agreement with the United States during the crucial round of peace negotiations between the two adversaries slated to be held later this week in Qatar's capital city of Doha.
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56 Taliban terrorists, including 7 group commanders killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 31 (ANI): As many as 56 Taliban terrorists, including seven group commanders, were killed and 30 others sustained injuries in an operation carried out by Afghan forces in the country's northern province of Baghlan on Tuesday.
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3 minors killed in Kandahar roadside blast
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], July 30 (ANI): As many as three children were killed after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a busy market in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.
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Taliban reject plans to hold direct talks with Afghan government
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday rejected a statement from the State Minister for Peace about plans to hold direct talks with the Afghan government within the next two weeks in a European country.
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Another explosive-laden vehicle detonates in Afghanistan's Ghazni
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ghazni [Afghanistan], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Just a day after a suicide attack targetted Afghanistan's Ghazni, another explosive-laden car detonated in the province's Ab Band district early Sunday morning, a local source told Sputnik.
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Direct talks between Afghan govt, Taliban in 2 weeks
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 27 (ANI): The highly-anticipated peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban will begin within the next two weeks in a European country, an official said on Saturday.
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Afghan govt dissolves High Peace Council's secretariat
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 27 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday dissolved the secretariat of the High Peace Council (HPC), which was set up by former President Hamid Karzai in 2010 to negotiate with the Taliban.
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Suicide bombing kills 4 personnel, injures 20 in Ghazni
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ghazni [Afghanistan], July 27 (ANI): At least four Afghan personnel were killed while 20 people were injured after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle near a building in Ab Band district here on Saturday.
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Mike Pompeo, Ashraf Ghani call for accelerated efforts to end Afghan war
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani insisted that it is the time to accelerate efforts in order to end almost two decades old turmoil in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the US State Department said.
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Will persuade Taliban to hold talks with Afghan govt: Imran Khan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 23 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he would meet representatives of Taliban after his return home from the US to persuade them to initiate talks with the Afghanistan government.
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Khalilzad to visit Afghanistan to finalise US-Taliban peace deal possibly
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): US special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad will travel to Afghanistan on Sunday to finalise US-Taliban peace agreement possibly by September 1 that would pave way for ending two decades of insurgency in the war-torn country, government sources said on Saturd
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