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U.S. Envoy Calls On Afghanistan To Unite As Peace Talks Intensify

19th February, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 19, 2019 U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has called on Afghans to put aside their differences and unite as attempts to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war gain momentum. Khalilzad has held a series of direct talks with Taliban negotiators in the Middle East in recent months, although those discussions have not

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Atmar Accuses Ghani Of Purging Politicians

18th February, 2019 · admin · 10 Comments

Tolo News: “The government has started the illegal process of purging its political rivals in state institutions. This move is targeting the Peace and Moderation team and currently, at least 12 people who had relations with this team have been fired or forced to resign including [second deputy chief execute Mohammad] Mohaqiq, governors and some advisors,”

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Posted in Corruption, Elections News, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government, Election Fraud, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Mohammad Mohaqiq |
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Taliban Calls Off Planned Pakistan Meeting That Angered Afghans

18th February, 2019 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal February 17, 2019 The Taliban has called off a planned round of peace talks in Pakistan, saying that most of the members of its negotiating team are unable to travel because they are subject to U.S. and UN sanctions. The statement was issued on February 17 — a day before the

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Imran Khan, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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U.S. General Says 1,000 Troops Expected To Be Withdrawn From Afghanistan

15th February, 2019 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 15, 2019 The U.S. military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan by more than 1,000 soldiers, a U.S. general told Reuters on February 15. U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this month he intended to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan as negotiators make progress in talks with Taliban

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government |
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Israel Operating From U.S. Military Base In Afghanistan To Spy On Iran

12th February, 2019 · admin · 10 Comments

The Media Line: Israeli troops reportedly are using a United States military base in Afghanistan from which to monitor and collect information on Iranian activities throughout the Persian Gulf. The Israeli special forces allegedly are operating with the approval of Kabul out of a U.S. Air Force installation in the western Afghanistan province of Herat

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Posted in Iran-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Israel-Afghanistan |
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Govt Plans To Establish Five New Provinces

10th February, 2019 · admin · 7 Comments

Tolo News: The Afghan government is reportedly working on a plan to create five new provinces in the country, rising the number of provinces to 39 from the current 34.  The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) has confirmed the plan, but has not revealed details.  Sources said that government might declare Shinwar district of Nangarhar, Jaghori

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Posted in Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government |
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Afghan president bars minister from visiting US as Trump gives no response to letter

10th February, 2019 · admin

1TV: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has barred his minister of foreign affairs from visiting the United States to attend an international meeting as he received no response to his letter to US President Donald Trump, sources told 1TV Sunday. According to sources, Ghani called Trump’s inattention to the letter an insult to the Afghan government. Click here

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Posted in US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government |
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Govt ‘Ready’ To Open Taliban Office In Afghanistan: Ghani

10th February, 2019 · admin

Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani, who visited Nangarhar province on Sunday, said the Afghan government is ready to allow the Taliban to open an office in Kabul, Kandahar or Nangarhar. Ghani said “a sustainable peace and a peace with dignity” will come to the country and for this, he is ready to even sacrifice his life.

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government |
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US Negotiator: Afghan Peace Possible Before July Elections

9th February, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

VOA News February 9, 2019 The top U.S. negotiator in peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders says he hopes a peace agreement can be achieved before Afghanistan’s next set of elections just five months away. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, spoke Friday to an audience at the United States Institute of Peace

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Political News, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Have Taliban Turned Tables on Ashraf Ghani?

9th February, 2019 · admin · 6 Comments

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News February 8, 2019 ISLAMABAD — When Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani laid out the red carpet in 2017 for controversial Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar — once known as “the Butcher of Kabul” for his role in the bloody conflict for the control of the capital in the 1990s — many thought he was

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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