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Ghani wants Taliban to leave Pakistan

3rd March, 2020 · admin

1TV: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday called on the Taliban to leave Pakistan and open office in Afghanistan. “If the Taliban talk prisoner release and have it as a condition, we also have conditions, they should tell me when will they leave Pakistan?,” Ghani asked during a visit to eastern Nangarhar province. The Taliban

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban War on Muslims |
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Taliban raid Afghan army bases nationwide shortly after signing deal with US

3rd March, 2020 · admin

Press TV March 3, 2020 The Taliban have carried out over a dozen attacks on Afghan military bases shortly after they signed a so-called peace deal with the United States. An unnamed Afghan Defense Ministry official told AFP on Tuesday that the militants had conducted attacks on government forces in 13 of the country’s 34

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban prisoner release, Taliban War on Muslims |
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Ready for intra-Afghan talks, but waiting for release of our prisoners: Taliban

2nd March, 2020 · admin

Press TV March 2, 2020 Taliban will not take part in intra-Afghan talks unless about 5,000 of its prisoners are released, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says, against the backdrop of a recently signed tentative peace agreement between the United States and the militant group. The Taliban spokesman said on Monday that the majority of the prisoners

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban prisoner release, Taliban War on Muslims, United States handing Pakistan control of Afghanistan |
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No Need for US to Solve Afghanistan-Pakistan Issues: Qureshi

2nd March, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: Any reservations Afghanistan has with Islamabad should be resolved bilaterally rather than involving the United States, Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Sunday, in reference to part of a joint US-Afghan declaration on peace efforts.“They should talk directly to Pakistan. The US is planning to withdraw and we will always remain neighbors,” Foreign Minister

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, United States handing Pakistan control of Afghanistan |
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Bomb Blast Near Afghan Soccer Ground Kills Three Civilians

2nd March, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 2, 2020 A bombing at a soccer match has killed three civilians in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost Province, officials say, as the Taliban announced an end to a partial truce in the country. The explosives were placed on a motorbike that had stopped near the football field in Nadir Shah Kot

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Khost, Taliban prisoner release, Taliban War on Muslims |
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US-Taliban Deal Hits First Speedbump

1st March, 2020 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News March 1, 2020 Less than 24 hours after the United States signed a landmark agreement with the Afghan Taliban in Doha, its implementation has already hit its first speedbump. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced in Kabul Sunday that his government has made no commitment to release thousands of Taliban prisoners, a

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Abdullah, Taliban prisoner release |
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Trump Says U.S. Troops Will Begin Leaving Afghanistan ‘Immediately’

1st March, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 1, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump says American troops will “immediately” begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan following the signing of a historic agreement with the Taliban that could end the country’s 18-year war. “Today — They will start immediately,” Trump told reporters at the White House on February 29 when

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: United States handing Pakistan control of Afghanistan |
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US, Taliban Sign Historic Afghan Peace Deal

29th February, 2020 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News February 29, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United States and the Taliban signed a landmark agreement Saturday in Doha, Qatar, setting the stage for ending a nearly 19-year-old war in Afghanistan and bringing back home thousands of American troops deployed there. U.S. chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hamid Karzai, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, United States handing Pakistan control of Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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If the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, will its military contractors stay? That’s not clear.

28th February, 2020 · admin

The Washington Post: On Saturday night — right at midnight — the United States’ agreement with the Afghan Taliban is scheduled to take effect. While the agreement says the United States will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, we know nothing of what it says about military contractors. But contractors have provided the lion’s share of

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Envoys Gather in Doha for US-Taliban Deal-Signing

28th February, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: Foreign ministers and representatives of almost 30 countries and international organizations in the region arrived in Doha on Friday to attend a planned signing ceremony for the US-Taliban deal, according to the political office of the Taliban in Qatar.  The signing is expected to happen on Saturday following a so-far successful weeklong period

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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