Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 11, 2018 Afghan officials say 15 civilians and 10 elite force members have been killed in Ghazni Province, as a days-long battle continued November 11. Fighting in Jaghori district — an area inhabited mainly by Shi’ite ethnic Hazaras — erupted on November 7 when Taliban militants attacked the district. The
Tolo News: The office of the Chief Executive of the National Unity Government has welcomed efforts by Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan’s Reconciliation, to bring about peace. One of the CEO’s spokesmen, Omid Maisam, said the only way to ensure peace in Afghanistan is to put pressure on the Taliban and on countries
Charles Maynes VOA News November 9, 2018 MOSCOW — Russia hosted a group of Afghan government-linked envoys along with their Taliban rivals Friday, as the Kremlin waded into efforts to end a 17-year conflict where Western efforts have repeatedly failed. “Russia stands for preserving the one and undivided Afghanistan, in which all of the ethnic groups
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 9, 2018 The Taliban are not ready to negotiate with the Afghan government, a Taliban member said at talks in Moscow on November 9. A Taliban delegation attended a diplomatic conference in Russia for the first time, but the Kabul government sent no official representative, and the sides reported no
Press TV November 5, 2018 An Afghan delegation will attend international talks on the war-torn country, which are scheduled to be held in the Russia capital Moscow this month. The spokesman for the High Peace Council, Sayed Ihsan Taheri, said on Monday that the council would send four representatives to the meeting, which will focus
Reuters: The invitations, extended over the past two months by Russian diplomats in Kabul, were confirmed to Reuters by six of the eight leaders, who include former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, or their aides, and by other leading politicians with ties to the Afghan government. Atta Mohammad Noor, a leader in the Jamiat-i Islami party and
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 3, 2018 An official in Kabul says Afghan authorities “have not yet” decided about sending a delegation to international talks Russia plans to host next week on the Afghan peace process. “Our discussions on this topic are still ongoing. We have not yet reached an agreement with Russia about how
1TV: Russia said on Saturday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had agreed to send a delegation of peace officials to a multinational conference in Moscow on coming Friday that will be attended also by the Taliban. The meeting was previously postponed by Russia after the Afghan government turned down the invitation on the grounds that peace
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has revealed he is seeking re-election next year to “finish the job” of bringing an end to the 17-year war, Bloomberg quoted the president in a report on Thursday. According to Bloomberg report, President Ghani said the Taliban and other terrorist groups are trying “to turn our beautiful country into a
Tolo News: A former member of the Taliban movement said the release of Mullah Baradar had been one of the group’s main demands– The release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban, from a Pakistan prison, has been met with mixed reaction in Kabul. After having been imprisoned for eight years, Baradar was