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Pompeo, Afghan Delegation Reach Qatar For Peace Talks

11th September, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 11, 2020 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and an Afghan delegation on September 11 arrived in Qatar where negotiations between the Taliban and Afghanistan’s government are scheduled to begin the next day. Pompeo said on his way to the Qatari capital, Doha, that upcoming Afghan peace talks are likely

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Dr. Abdullah |
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Why Did The Taliban Appoint A Hard-Line Chief Negotiator For Intra-Afghan Talks?

11th September, 2020 · admin · 11 Comments

By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 10, 2020 Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai spent years lying low in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, where the Afghan Taliban leadership has been based since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 toppled the extremist group from power in neighboring Afghanistan. A hard-line cleric, Ishaqzai until recently ran an Islamic madrasah,

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Posted in History, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mawlawi Abdul Hakim, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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Amrullah Saleh: Why is he on Afghanistan’s hit list?

10th September, 2020 · admin

TRT World: The Taliban denies any involvement in targeting Saleh, but experts think the latest attack was aimed at ‘poisoning’ the upcoming intra-Afghan talks. Saleh, the 46-year-old former intelligence chief, has fought with different enemies ranging from the communist Soviet Union occupiers, to the Taliban and Al Qaeda. In the past decade, he has shown

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Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Assassination |
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Taliban ‘Stalling for Time’ Before Peace Talks: Afghan Govt

10th September, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: The Afghan government on Thursday accused the Taliban of stalling for time in the peace talks, referring to the group’s recent claim that 100 Taliban prisoners held by the Afghan government–and on the Taliban’s list–have yet to be released. “The Taliban are stalling for time, reshuffling their peace negotiating team at the last

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban |
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Security Averts Trafficking Of 3 Children to Pakistan

9th September, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Khaama Press: Officials stopped three children being trafficked to Pakistan based on an unknown purpose. Hijratullah Akbari a spokesperson to Kunduz police said, the victims were between 10 years of age, they reside in the Charkh-Aab Area of the city. He added, these children were being trafficked to Pakistan while being caught by the police,

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Posted in Afghan Children, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security | Tags: Kunduz, smuggling |
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Afghan Vice President Saleh ‘Unharmed’ In Deadly Attack On His Convoy In Kabul

9th September, 2020 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 9, 2020 Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s office says he escaped an apparent assassination attempt in the capital early on September 9 “unharmed.” A bomb was said to have targeted Saleh’s convoy and there are reports of at least two dead and up to 20 injured. The incident comes

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh |
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Abdullah at Event Honoring Massoud’s Memory Says Talks Imminent

8th September, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council of National Reconciliation, speaking at an event on Tuesday marking the 19th anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud, national hero of Afghanistan, said that the peace negotiation team representing the Afghan is expected to sit for peace talks with the Taliban in the

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, Amrullah Saleh, Dr. Abdullah |
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Dozens of Taliban fighters penetrate Panjshir’s Abshar district

8th September, 2020 · admin

1TV: Around 60 Taliban fighters on Tuesday stormed a region in Afghanistan’s Panjshir, a normally peaceful province in the north of the capital, local officials said. According to the official, the area was surrounded by security forces who were trying to capture the militants. The attack coincides death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the anti-Soviet

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, Panjshir |
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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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Commander ‘Sword’s’ men allegedly behind ANDSF checkpoints attack

6th September, 2020 · admin · 10 Comments

Ariana: Armed men under the command of Public Uprising Forces commander Alipur allegedly attacked several Afghan National Defense and Security Forces’ checkpoints in Behsood district of central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Security | Tags: Alipoor |
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