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U.S. Exchanges Views On Afghanistan With Russia, China, EU

23rd March, 2019 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 23, 2019 WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have “exchanged views” with representatives of Russia and China on the current status of the Afghan peace process, the State Department says. In a statement on March 22, the department said representatives met in Washington on March 21-22 and “discussed common efforts to bring

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, EU-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Afghan Officials Downplay Feud with Washington

20th March, 2019 · admin

Hasib Danish Alikozai Mohammad Habibzada VOA News March 19, 2019 An Afghan official in the country’s National Security Council Tuesday downplayed a Reuter’s report alleging that senior U.S. diplomats have informed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that his national security adviser is no longer welcome in Washington following his blistering public attacks on the U.S Special

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Posted in Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Hamdullah Mohib, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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U.S. ‘To End Contacts’ With Afghan Security Adviser Mohib Following Verbal Attack

19th March, 2019 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2019 A senior U.S. diplomat has told Afghanistan’s president that U.S. officials will no longer deal with his national security adviser, Reuters news agency reports, citing four knowledgeable U.S. and Afghan sources. The report published on March 18 said the diplomat told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the United

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Hamdullah Mohib, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Afghan Official, U.S. Publicly Clash Over Envoy’s Conduct In Taliban Peace Talks

15th March, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 14, 2019 A senior Afghan official has accused the U.S. special envoy to his country, Zalmay Khalilzad, of “delegitimizing” the Kabul government by excluding it from peace negotiations with the Taliban and acting like a “viceroy.” The comments on March 14 by Hamdullah Mohib, who serves as Afghan President Ashraf

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hamdullah Mohib, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Afghan feminists cannot prevent US pullback: Cheryl Bernard

3rd March, 2019 · admin · 20 Comments

1TV: Cheryl Bernard (wife of Zalmay Khalilzad) said Afghan women need to recognize that the Taliban is not their only or worst problem. Deep-seated cultural values and traditions, such as the so-called Pashtun “honor code,” are far more devastating to women’s lives, and most of these are clearly un-Islamic or even anti-Islamic, she said. Cheryl

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Posted in Afghan Women, Muslims and Islam, Society, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cheryl Bernard, Pashtuns, Pashtunwali, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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U.S., Taliban Pause Peace Talks In Doha For Two Days

28th February, 2019 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 28, 2019 The U.S. envoy who is meeting with Afghan Taliban delegates says the latest round of peace talks in Qatar have been put on hold until March 2 so that both sides can conduct “internal deliberations.” “Both sides will take the next two days for internal deliberations, with plans

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Posted in Peace Talks, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Troop Withdrawal Dominates US-Taliban Talks In Qatar: Sources

26th February, 2019 · admin

Tolo News:  The United States peace negotiators led by the special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and senior members of the Taliban in Doha on Tuesday focused on withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, sources familiar with the talks said. This round of talks has been labelled as critical as the two sides will bargain over a

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Posted in Peace Talks, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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US, Taliban Indicate Doha Talks Significant

25th February, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News February 25, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Both the United States and Taliban are indicating that the current round of negotiations in Doha that started Monday may prove more crucial than any other meeting till now. The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called the Taliban’s new negotiating team “more authoritative,” adding

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Peace Talks, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Anas Haqqani, Mohammad Omar Daudzai, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Mullah Baradar To Attend Qatar Talks

24th February, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

Tolo News: A source confirmed to TOLOnews that Mullah Ghani Bradar, Taliban’s number two and the group’s head of the political committee is en route to Doha for talks with the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad. Baradar was appointed as head of Taliban’s Qatar office in January. Baradar is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

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Posted in Peace Talks, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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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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