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Tightly Controlled Afghan Assembly Closes With Call For Nations To Recognize Taliban Government

3rd July, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 2, 2022 The grand meeting in Kabul of more than 4,000 male clerics and tribal leaders ended on July 2 with a declaration of support for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and calls on the international community to recognize the country’s as-of-yet unrecognized government. The three-day “grand assembly of ulema,” or religious scholars,

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Ethnic descrimination, Loya Jirga |
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Islamic Clerics’ Gathering Issues 11-Point Resolution

2nd July, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Resolutions from clerics’ gathering at Loya Jirga Hall: Participants pledged allegiance to the Islamic Emirate leader. The international community is called on to release Afghan assets. The participants called the current government ‘legitimate” and called for its recognition. Support announced for decree of Islamic Emirate on drugs. Support given for the Islamic Emirate

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Posted in Political News, Taliban | Tags: Loya Jirga |
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Reclusive Taliban Leader Addresses Afghan Assembly, Lauds ‘Victory’

1st July, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 1, 2022 The Taliban’s supreme leader, Mawlawi Haibuatullah Akhundzada, is addressing a grand meeting in Kabul of some 3,000 male clerics and tribal leaders discussing the running of the country. The June 30-July 2 “grand assembly of ulema,” or religious scholars, is a tightly controlled event where women are banned and

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Posted in Afghan Women, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Loya Jirga, Pashtun Taliban |
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Stage Set for Afghan Peace Talks as Ghani Orders Release of 400 Taliban Prisoners

9th August, 2020 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 9, 2010 Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani Sunday announced the release of a last batch of 400 Taliban prisoners, clearing the way for an early start to a U.S.-brokered peace dialogue with the Islamist insurgency. Ghani’s decision came after a government-sponsored grand public assembly, known as a Loya Jirga, advised him

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Loya Jirga, Taliban prisoner release |
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Afghan Loya Jirga Meeting To Decide On Release Of Taliban Prisoners

8th August, 2020 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 8, 2020 A traditional Afghan council is expected to back a proposal for the government to release a final group of 400 Taliban prisoners, a move that potentially paves the way for intra-Afghan peace talks. Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Loya Jirga gathering Afghan politicians and community leaders, said

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah, Loya Jirga, Taliban prisoner release |
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Traditional grand council of elders set to decide fate of prisoners Friday

6th August, 2020 · admin

Ariana: A traditional consultative council, or Loya Jirga, will convene in Kabul on Friday to decide the fate of the last 400 Taliban prisoners who have not yet been released in accordance with the US-Taliban Doha agreement.  The agreement called for the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 government personnel that were being held

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Loya Jirga, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Taliban prisoner release |
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US Troop Size in Afghanistan Will Reduce to 4,000 ‘Very Soon’, Trump Says

4th August, 2020 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 4, 2020 ISLAMABAD – U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan will be reduced to “anywhere from 4,000 to 5,000” troops by November this year. Trump’s remarks to Axios for HBO came as the Afghan Taliban has said its chief peace negotiator in a video

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Loya Jirga, Taliban prisoner release |
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Afghanistan To Convene Loya Jirga On Release Of Taliban Prisoners

4th August, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 4, 2020 The Afghan government will convene a grand assembly of elders, known as the Loya Jirga, in Kabul on August 7 to decide the fate of hundreds of Taliban prisoners that Taliban leaders insist should be released before they join peace talks with the government. Last week, President Ashraf

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government, Loya Jirga, Taliban prisoner release |
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Loya Jirga had no achievements: Abdullah

4th May, 2019 · admin

1TV: Loya Jirga had no achievements and it should have been held after a peace agreement, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has said. Speaking in an interview with Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency during visit to the country, Abdullah said that that most of what was included in the declaration of the Jirga had already been discussed

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News | Tags: Dr. Abdullah, Loya Jirga |
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Taliban Reject US, Afghan Demands for Cease-Fire

3rd May, 2019 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 3, 2019 ISLAMABAD — An Afghan grand assembly, or loya jirga, ended Friday with the delegates in Kabul demanding peace with the Taliban, as President Ashraf Ghani promised to free 175 Taliban prisoners ahead of Ramadan, which begins in a few days. The Afghan Taliban, for their part, responded harshly to

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Loya Jirga, Taliban War on Muslims, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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