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Taliban Seize Strategic Afghan City of Ghazni

12th August, 2021 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 12, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Taliban insurgents Thursday captured Afghanistan’s strategically important southeastern city of Ghazni, bringing them a step closer to the national capital, Kabul. Afghan government security forces have struggled to contain stunning weeklong insurgent advances, allowing the Taliban to seize control of at least 10 out of the

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure, Ghazni, Mohammad Daud Laghmani, Taliban prisoner release |
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Taliban Proposes Three-Month Cease-Fire In Exchange For Prisoner Release

15th July, 2021 · admin

Radio Azadi July 15, 2021 The Taliban has proposed a three-month cease-fire in exchange for the release of 7,000 of its fighters, an Afghan government negotiator said, as the militant group captured a key border crossing with Pakistan in a sweeping offensive ahead of the August 31 deadline for the pullout of U.S. forces from

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure, Taliban prisoner release |
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Saleh claims 85% of released prisoners have returned to frontline

7th February, 2021 · admin

Ariana: Vice President Amrullah Saleh claimed Sunday that 85 percent of Taliban prisoners who were released as part of the US-Taliban deal have “re-assumed roles in unleashing violence.” “In a brazen act of noncompliance and defiance to the Doha agreement some 85% of the 5,500 released Taliban have re-assumed roles in unleashing violence and campaign

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Taliban prisoner release |
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Abdullah Offers Prisoners, Removal from Blacklist to Taliban

27th January, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: Chairman the High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR) Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday said that several opportunities for bringing peace in the country have been lost, stating that the country can’t afford the current opportunity for peace to be wasted.  Abdullah said that all Taliban prisoners will be freed, and the names of the

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban | Tags: Dr. Abdullah, Taliban prisoner release |
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Afghan Official: 600 Freed Taliban Prisoners Rearrested

24th January, 2021 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News January 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Authorities in Afghanistan say they have rearrested 600 members of the Taliban who were freed from imprisonment as part of a peace-building agreement between the United States and the insurgent group. Afghanistan’s national security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, made the announcement Sunday, alleging the men in question

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Hamdullah Mohib, prisoners, Taliban prisoner release |
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Freed Taliban Fighters Returning To Battlefield, Top Afghan Negotiator Says

23rd September, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2020 A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have returned to the battlefield, lead Kabul negotiator Abdullah Abdullah has said. Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar have

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Dr. Abdullah, Taliban - Pakistani asset, Taliban prisoner release, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Logistical Issues Delay Start Of Intra-Afghan Talks In Qatar

7th September, 2020 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 7, 2020 KABUL — Afghan negotiators have postponed a scheduled trip to Doha for long-awaited peace talks with the Taliban because of logistical issues at the venue of the talks in the Qatari capital. A date for the start of the negotiations has not been set, but both sides have indicated that

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Taliban prisoner release |
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Study finds released Taliban prisoners returning to battlefield

5th September, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Ariana: Taliban prisoners released by the Afghan government over the past few weeks are returning to the battlefield as commanders and fighters in contravention of the Doha agreement between the United States and the Taliban, Foreign Policy reports. According to the article, the majority of Taliban prisoners released are taking up arms to fight Afghan

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Taliban prisoner release |
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Kabul to transfer seven Taliban prisoners to Qatar: Report

3rd September, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Afghanistan will transfer seven ‘hardcore’ prisoners to Qatar, officials from the Afghan government and members of the Taliban told Reuters on Thursday.  According to one official, the prisoners would be released soon although government did not want to free them on the grounds that they had killed foreign soldiers, Reuters reported.  The officials told

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Posted in Arab-Afghan Relations, Crime and Punishment, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Taliban prisoner release |
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Afghan Peace Negotiators To Fly To Qatar As More Taliban Prisoners Freed

2nd September, 2020 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 2, 2020 KABUL — Afghan officials say the government is dispatching a delegation to Qatar ahead of long-delayed peace talks after authorities pressed ahead with the release of Taliban prisoners. Kabul broke an impasse with the Taliban this week by resuming a prisoner exchange, a key hurdle in the launch of negotiations

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Posted in Peace Talks, Taliban | Tags: Taliban prisoner release |
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