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Pakistan Says Taliban Seeks End To War Even As Militants Stage Attacks In Afghanistan

16th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

By Radio Mashaal December 16, 2020 Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the continuation of the war in neighboring Afghanistan was not in the Taliban’s “interest anymore,” after holding talks with a Taliban delegation in Islamabad. The Taliban delegation, led by the militant group’s top political leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, arrived in the Pakistani

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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Thirteen Afghan Police Officers Killed As U.N. Warns Of Humanitarian Crisis

16th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

By Radio Free Afghanistan December 16, 2020 Afghan officials say at least 13 police officers have been killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in the northern province of Baghlan. Three more police officers were wounded in a separate attack on a checkpoint in the same province. Both attacks occurred in areas of the provincial

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban |
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Kabul Deputy Governor Assassinated

15th December, 2020 · admin

By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 15, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was killed in a targeted attack Tuesday morning when someone stuck a magnetic mine, also called a sticky bomb, to his car. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the attack on Mahbubullah Muhibbi also killed his secretary and wounded

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ghor, Kabul |
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Taliban Courts Seek To Undermine Afghan Judiciary

15th December, 2020 · admin

By Mansoor Khosrow and Mustafa Sarwar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2020 FIROZ KOH, Afghanistan — Nasima, an Afghan woman and claimant, often travels more than 125 kilometers to pursue her divorce case in Ghor, a remote rural province in western Afghanistan. The 22-year-old, who like many Afghans goes by one name only, says

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ghor |
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Taliban Fighters Kill At Least 10 Afghan Troops In North

14th December, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Afghanistan December 14, 2020 Taliban militants have killed at least 10 members of the Afghan security forces in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on December 14, as the government announced that peace talks will resume next month. The attack occurred in the Imam Sahib district of the province, local counsellors Ghulam

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kandahar, Kunduz |
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Miller Says He Has Orders to Reduce US Troop Levels

13th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Tolo News: US and NATO’s Resolute Support forces commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller on Sunday said that he “has orders to reduce the US military presence to 2,500” and that “part of this is in line with US-Taliban agreement.”  He said that the troop reduction will be done “in accordance with conditions.” Click here

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Posted in NATO-Afghanistan, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Saleh: “Daesh Taliban” threatened to turn Kabul into a Shia slaughterhouse

12th December, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Ariana: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Saturday on his Facebook page – after his daily 6.30am security meeting – that “Daesh Taliban” had warned government against executing any prisoners and said if this happened they would turn “Kabul into a Shia slaughterhouse”. Click here to read more (external link). More Security News  Ten rockets

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Shiites |
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Afghan NSA says peace talks should be held within country

12th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

1TV: Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said on Saturday that the peace talks, which are currently happening in Qatar, should be held within Afghanistan. Mohib said that the government is ready to hold talks with the Taliban in any area of the country the group wants. Click here to read (external link). Related Next

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hamdullah Mohib |
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Report: Afghans Losing Hope For Peace Process Amid Violence

11th December, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

AP: Optimism among Afghans regarding the country’s peace process has decreased significantly in the past few months amid a spike in violence, according to a survey released on December 11. Click here to read more (external link). Related UN Backs Afghan Peace Talks In Resolution, Russia Votes ‘No’ Japanese Envoy Stresses on Need for Ceasefire

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Female Afghan Journalist, Driver Gunned Down

10th December, 2020 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 10, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Unknown gunmen killed a female journalist and her driver in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province Thursday morning. Malalai Maiwand was on her way to work in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, when two gunmen opened fire on her car. Haji Zalamy, the director of Enikass radio and television where

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Media, Security | Tags: Afghan Journalists |
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