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Taliban not to enter into peace talks with Kabul: New leader
May 26, 2016 07:52The Afghan Taliban’s newly-appointed leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, has pledged that the militant group will not enter into any peace talks with the government in Kabul.
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Afghan Taliban name Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader
May 25, 2016 04:05Taliban have appointed Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader, officially confirming that their former Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike last week.
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Iran, India, Afghanistan to ink trilateral MoU
May 22, 2016 10:04Iran, India and Afghanistan are due to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the development of the transit port of Chabahar soon.
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Afghan leader, India PM due in Iran Monday to discuss Chabahar port
May 19, 2016 10:04Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tehran next week to sign a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran on the development of the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar.
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Azeri cargo plane crash in Afghanistan, seven killed
May 19, 2016 07:55An Azerbaijani cargo plane has crashed after taking off in southern Afghanistan, killing seven of its nine crew members on board.
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Taliban capture district after peace deal with allies
May 19, 2016 01:43Taliban have captured a district in northern Afghanistan following several days of fighting even as the government signed a draft peace agreement with the militant group's allies.
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Kabul backs Beijing stance in South China Sea dispute: Chinese official
May 17, 2016 04:02A Chinese official says neighboring Afghanistan has expressed its support for Beijing amid ongoing maritime tensions between China and regional and extra-regional countries over the South China Sea.
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Hazara protest in Kabul after project rerouted
May 16, 2016 10:52Thousands of Hazara protest in Kabul against a government decision to reroute a massive power transmission line that will deprive an area dominated by the ethnic group of the key infrastructure project.
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Bomb explosion leaves four Afghan children dead, one injured
May 07, 2016 12:09At least four children have lost their lives and another has sustained injuries in a powerful bomb explosion in a rural area in Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul.
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Taliban captives freed by Afghan special forces
May 06, 2016 14:26More than 60 prisoners held by the Taliban militants have been freed by Afghan forces in the southern province of Helmand.