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Talks with US in Doha stumble over troop withdrawal timetable: Afghan Taliban
May 06, 2019 09:36The Taliban militant group says peace talks with the US — which have been underway in Qatar for months — have stalled over the key issue of a timetable for American and other foreign troops to pull out of Afghanistan, a longtime Taliban demand.
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Taliban attack hits police HQ in northern Afghanistan, kills several
May 05, 2019 09:40At least seven people have been killed and 55 others injured in an attack by the Taliban militant group on the police headquarters in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan Province.
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US ends training course for Afghan pilots due to high desertions
May 05, 2019 03:11The US military has terminated a training program for Afghan pilots and maintainers in the United States due to high desertion rates among the trainees, the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) says.
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Afghan president expresses readiness to declare ceasefire with Taliban
May 03, 2019 12:52Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani says his government is ready to declare a ceasefire with the Taliban militant group as the grand peace assembly, known as a Loya Jirga, demanded an immediate and permanent truce.
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Taliban: US should stop violence instead of asking militants to lay down arms
May 03, 2019 08:42The Taliban have called on the US to end the use of force in Afghanistan instead of putting pressure on the militant group to lay down its arms.
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Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga urges both govt., Taliban to announce ceasefire
May 03, 2019 02:15Attendees at Afghanistan’s most important national gathering have urged ceasefire between the government and the Taliban militant group as a foretaste to a potential peace deal.
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Afghanistan kicks off grand peace assembly in Kabul under tight security
Apr 29, 2019 06:10Thousands of Afghans have got together under tight security in the capital Kabul to hold four days of negotiations aimed at finding ways to strike a peace deal with the Taliban militant group.
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Afghanistan: Ghani urges new MPs to participate in peace process with Taliban
Apr 26, 2019 13:45Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has called on newly-elected lawmakers to take part in the peace process with the Taliban militant group aimed at finding a way to solve the country's 17-year conflict.
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Blast, gunfire heard as attackers enter Afghan ministry
Apr 20, 2019 08:40An explosion hit the center of the Afghan capital Kabul and unidentified attackers appear to have entered a multi-storey building of the communications ministry, officials said.
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Collapse of peace talks with Taliban leaves US reeling
Apr 19, 2019 09:01The US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan is “disappointed” over the collapse of a peace talks even before they started between the Taliban and Afghan politicians in Qatar.