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Taliban seek venue change for peace talks with US to Qatar
Jan 06, 2019 12:27Taliban militants say they will not attend planned peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this month and want a shift of venue to Qatar, the political headquarters of the group.
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Five soldiers killed in Taliban bomb attack on army outpost
Jan 02, 2019 13:32Five Afghan soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion carried out by Taliban militants in a tunnel below an army outpost in southern Afghanistan.
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Taliban attacks kill 23 police officers in northern Afghanistan
Jan 01, 2019 09:52Taliban militants kill at least 23 police officers, as armed group storms security posts in Northern Sar-e-Pul Province.
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Iran confirms hosting Taliban delegation for peace talks
Dec 31, 2018 12:55Iran says it has hosted a delegation from Taliban to discuss possible ways to end hostilities in Afghanistan.
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Taliban rejects Afghan government’s offer of peace talks
Dec 30, 2018 09:01The Taliban militant group has rejected a call by the Afghan government for formal peace talks next month in Saudi Arabia.
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Taliban to US: Leave Afghanistan or face Soviet-style defeat
Dec 27, 2018 13:49The Taliban militant group has warned the United States it would face the same fate as the Soviet Union in the 1980s if it did not leave violence-wracked Afghanistan.
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“Iran talking to Taliban ‘to aid Afghan security’”
Dec 26, 2018 08:05Iran’s top security official has confirmed that the country has been holding talks with the Afghan Taliban in coordination with Kabul to help relieve rampant insecurity in Afghanistan.
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Afghan forces eliminating Taliban field commanders seen obstacle to peace
Dec 13, 2018 15:29Afghan forces, backed by US aerial raids, are targeting Taliban field commanders whom they see as a major obstacle to possible peace talks with Kabul and Washington, officials and security sources say.
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Taliban ambush Afghan police convoy, kill at least 22
Nov 26, 2018 08:51Taliban militants in Afghanistan have ambushed a police convoy, reportedly killing at least 22 people, as Afghan authorities consider postponing the presidential election scheduled for next year.
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Friday prayers bombing kills 26 Afghan security guards
Nov 23, 2018 15:00At least 26 people have been killed when an explosion hit a mosque in an army base in eastern Afghanistan, local security officials say.