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US envoy to embark on four-nation visit
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 9 (ANI): Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad will travel to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar with an interagency delegation from November 8 to 20.
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US to send representative to Moscow meeting on Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 9 (ANI): The United States Embassy in Moscow will send a representative to a meeting in the city on Afghanistan, State Department spokesperson Robert Palladino said.
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Pak: 'Father of Taliban' Samiul Haq laid to rest
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Nowshera [Pakistan], Nov 4 (ANI): Former Pakistan senator Maulana Samiul Haq, also known as the 'Father of Taliban', was laid to rest at Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak on Saturday.
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Vandalism witnessed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over Samiul Haq's demise
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], Nov 3 (ANI): Just a few hours after the demise of former Pakistan senator and Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq, supporters of the deceased resorted to vandalism here on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
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Pak PM condemns former senator's killing
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 02 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the killing of former senator and Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Sami ul Haq.
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Pakistan: 'Father of Taliban' Maulana Samiul Haq killed
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Nov 01 (ANI): Former Pakistan senator and Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq was stabbed to death at his residence in Rawalpindi on Friday. He was known as 'Father of Taliban' for his radical views and patronage to terror groups, including Taliban
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Afghanistan- A long hard winter
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Reports in January this year were that the Taliban claimed that they controlled 70% of Afghanistan where for nearly 17 years the United States (US) had poured in billions to eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Even though the Taliban were in full control i
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Taliban defeated, their ideas rejected: Abdullah Abdullah
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Unity Government's CEO Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday that Taliban's thoughts and ideas have been rejected, as people came out to vote for Saturday's parliamentary elections despite threats by the group.
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India congratulates Afghanistan for successful elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday extended its congratulations to Afghanistan for successfully holding parliamentary elections in the country.
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Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills 11
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], Oct 21 (ANI): Election-related violence in Afghanistan showed no signs of abating as at least 11 people, including six children were killed in a roadside explosion in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, as parliamentary polls in 14 out of 34 provinces is underway.
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Afghanistan set to vote in parliamentary polls
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 20 (ANI): Afghanistan is all set to begin its parliamentary polls today, even as threats issued by the Taliban cast a shadow on the democratic process.
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"I lost a great friend": Gen Miller on Afghan Lt. Gen. Raziq's demise
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], Oct 19 (ANI): Resolute Support Commander General Austin Scott Miller, who escaped uninjured in Thursday's attack at the Kandahar Governor's house, tweeted that he "lost a great friend" while referring to Kandahar police chief General Abdul Raziq, who was killed in the
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