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US, Taliban hold unofficial talks in Doha
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 24 (ANI): Discussion between the US officials and the Taliban once again began in the Qatari capital on Sunday, but in an unofficial capacity to end the decades-long turmoil in war-ravaged Afghanistan.
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China, Russia, Pakistan call for early resumption of US-Taliban peace talk
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 26 (ANI): Representatives of Pakistan, China, and Russia on Friday called on the US and the Taliban to return to the negotiation table at the earliest and reach an agreement with an aim to end the 18-year long war in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: 4 terrorists killed in joint operation, several detained
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 24 (ANI): A joint operation was carried out by US and Afghan troops against proscribed terror groups Al-Qaeda and Taliban in a compound in Afghanistan's Helmand province in which four terrorists were killed while several other militants were detained.
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Working on presidential elections, peace deal later: Afghan govt
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 14 (ANI): The Afghan government on Saturday said that work on the US-Taliban peace deal will start after the presidential election scheduled for September 28.
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India closely following developments in Afghanistan: MEA
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sept 12 (ANI): India is closely following the developments in Afghanistan, Raveesh Kumar, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Trump's cancellation of Taliban deal a 'good step,' say experts
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's decision to call off the peace talks with the Taliban is a 'good step', said former senior diplomat Suresh K Goel, adding that the deal would have otherwise authorised the terror group to exercise more power in the strife-torn count
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US is still working toward a Taliban peace deal: Pompeo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 8 (ANI): Despite President Donald Trump announcing the decision to call off US-Taliban peace talks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that the administration is still working toward a deal and but it will not proceed until the Taliban delivers on its commitm
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Trump calls off US-Taliban peace talks after Kabul attack
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 8 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he called off peace negotiations with the Taliban after the group claimed responsibility for the Kabul car bombing which killed 12 people, including an American soldier.
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Washington: Congressmen ask Khalilzad to testify on US-Taliban deal
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Sept 6 (ANI): A United States Congressional committee on Thursday asked US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to appear as a witness on the US-Taliban deal which is "agreed in principle".
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Ashraf Ghani rushes to Donald Trump as US nears peace deal with Taliban
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 6 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will fly to Washington tomorrow to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump after Kabul expressed discontent over the US-Taliban deal which is 'agreed in principle'.
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Envoy shares details of US-Taliban draft deal with Afghan president
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 3 (ANI): The United States special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has shared "key details" of the US-Taliban draft agreement with President Ashraf Ghani, after almost a year of negotiations with the group.
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US, Taliban on 'threshold' of an agreement: Khalilzad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sep 1 (ANI): The United States and Taliban are on the threshold of reaching an agreement to end the 18-year long war and initiate inter-Afghan talks, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Sunday, following the conclusion of the ninth round of peace talks.
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