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Six dead after taliban clash with Afghan police in Kandahar
Updated : 3 days, 12 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Clashes occurred between the Afghan National Police and the Taliban radical group overnight Saturday in the Spin Buldak district of the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan, Sputnik has learned from local sources.
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Taliban reject Afghan govt's negotiation team
Updated : 3 days, 13 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Taliban have rejected the Afghan government's negotiation team, claiming that the list of negotiators goes sideways with the previous agreement between the Taliban and the United States, the militant group said on Saturday in a press release.
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Taliban has 'secret ties' with Pakistan's ISI: Report
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 24 (ANI): Taliban has secret ties with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) who has open access to the terrorist group's leadership, according to a media report.
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Pompeo meets Taliban officials in Qatar to salvage peace deal
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo on Monday made an unannounced visit to Kabul (Afghanistan) and Doha (Qatar) to hold talks with the Afghan government in an effort to prevent the country's peace deal from unwinding, CNN reported.
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US envoy says Afghan govt, Taliban discussed prisoners swap via vi
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan government and the Taliban discussed the exchange of prisoners during a rare video conference to pave the way for a broader peace agenda, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.
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US Defense Secy speaks to Gen Bajwa, expresses appreciation for Pa
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Mar 20 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday (local time) held a telephonic conversation with Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and expressed his appreciation for Pakistan's support to Afghanistan reconciliation process.
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BJD's Sasmit Patra urges govt to rejig geopolitical approach in Af
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): BJD's Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has urged the Central government to rejig its geopolitical approach in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the recently negotiated peace deal between the United States and the Taliban which he described as geopolitical disadvanta
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UNSC adopts resolution to welcome progress in Afghan peace process
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming the Afghan peace agreement between the US and the Taliban to bring lasting peace in the war-torn country.
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Afghan President Ghani signs decree to release Taliban prisoners
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday signed a much-awaited decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners.
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US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan 10 days after inking d
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 10 (ANI): The US has started withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, a spokesman for US Forces in Afghanistan said on Monday, exactly 10 days after the United States signed a deal with the Taliban in Doha amid looming political chaos in Kabul.
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US strongly opposes action to form parallel govt in Afghanistan: P
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 10 (ANI): Asserting that the United States strongly supports a "unified and sovereign" Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Washington "strongly opposes" any action to form a parallel government in Kabul.
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UN mission in Afghanistan calls for inclusion of women in peace ta
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 8 (Xinhua/ANI): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called for the inclusion of women in the peace talks with the Taliban, the mission said here on Sunday on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
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