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Afghan government offers offices to Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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More security operations in Kandahar planned to clear it of Taliban, says
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kandahar (Afghanistan) Feb 2 (ANI): Afghan and NATO forces are planning to launch more operations in Kandahar to clear it of the Taliban, said Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister Assadullah Khalid after touring the province along with NATO forces commander General Scott Miller.
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“Time to come home”: Trump defends troops withdrawal from Middle East
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1(ANI): United States President Donald Trump early on Friday (local time) defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria and Afghanistan stating “it is now time to start coming home after spending money for many years wisely” in the region. Read More
BJP accuses Mamata of unleashing terror in West Bengal, calls her ‘Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal for unleashing "terror" in the state and called the state Chief Minister "Talibani didi".
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Will not stay longer than necessary in Afghanistan: NATO Chief
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): NATO's Secretary General, Jons Stoltenberg, stated that alliance troops would not stay "longer than necessary" in Afghanistan, during a meeting with the US acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Monday.
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