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US resumes negotiations with Taliban to end Afghan war
Dec 07, 2019 07:51The United States has resumed talks with the Taliban militant group, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted negotiations aimed at ending America's longest war.
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US envoy to resume peace talks with Taliban in Qatar: State Department
Dec 05, 2019 10:50The US says its special representative for Afghanistan is set to restart talks with the Taliban militant group, a week after President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to the war-torn country and hinted at a resumption of the negotiations in Qatar.
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ICC opens 3-day hearing on investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan
Dec 05, 2019 02:15The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a three-day hearing in The Hague to overturn an April decision scrapping a proposed investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan.
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Japanese aid worker, 5 more gunned down in Afghanistan
Dec 04, 2019 07:16Six people, including a Japanese air worker, have been killed in an attack by armed men in the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan's Eastern Province of Nangarhar.
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Trump lawyer to block ICC efforts to open war crimes probe
Dec 04, 2019 04:15A personal attorney of President Donald Trump plans to block efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into US war crimes overseas.
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Kabul hosts one-day peace conference
Dec 02, 2019 06:09The representatives of political parties, rights groups, political elites, and former Taliban figures have come together in Kabul to discuss peace in Afghanistan.
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Taliban says ‘way too early’ to speak of negotiations with US
Nov 29, 2019 12:51The Afghan Taliban militant group says it is “way too early” to speak of restarting direct negotiations with the United States, a day after US President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan and said Washington is resuming talks with the militant group.
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Ayatollah Khamenei blasts Americans for unauthorized trips to regional states
Nov 29, 2019 11:15Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says US leaders’ unauthorized trips to regional countries insult the freedom and independence of nations.
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'We are talking to the Taliban,’ Trump says during visit to Afghanistan
Nov 29, 2019 09:30US President Donald Trump has made an unannounced visit to American troops in Afghanistan, his first trip to the country since taking office in 2017.
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Taliban delegation meets with Iran’s Zarif in Tehran
Nov 28, 2019 03:26A delegation from Afghanistan’s Taliban that is visiting Iran for the second time since the US-Taliban talks broke down in September held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.