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Taliban delegation in Iran for talks on Afghanistan peace
Sep 17, 2019 03:36Members of Taliban's Qatar-based political bureau have visited Tehran and held talks with Iranian officials on the latest developments of the Afghan peace process, including the breakdown of US-Taliban negotiations.
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US, Afghan forces say killed Taliban governors, fighters
Sep 15, 2019 13:24Afghan troops backed by US forces have killed two senior Taliban leaders and over three dozen fighters of the militant group in joint airstrikes conducted in northern and western regions of the war-ravaged country.
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Pakistan summons diplomats from Afghanistan, India over border incidents
Sep 15, 2019 07:21Pakistan has summoned diplomats from Afghanistan and India after several shooting incidents along two different borders killed four Pakistani soldiers and a civilian woman.
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Taliban delegation travels to Russia after talks with US collapse
Sep 14, 2019 07:18A team of negotiators from the Afghan Taliban has traveled to Russia days after the collapse of year-long negotiations between the US and the militant group.
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Afghanistan is both stalemate and quagmire
Sep 14, 2019 04:25The following article has been authored by Danny Sjursen who is a retired U.S. Army officer and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has written a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War.
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Taliban bomb attack kills security forces in Afghan capital after collapse of peace talks
Sep 12, 2019 11:47At least four members of Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban-claimed bomb explosion that rocked a Kabul district after peace talks between the US and the militant group collapsed.
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Observe 9/11 anniversary by calling for an end to the Afghan War
Sep 12, 2019 04:44The U.S. military invasion of Afghanistan violated the United Nations Charter, which mandates that countries settle their disputes peacefully. The Charter forbids the use of military force except in self-defense or with Security Council authorization.
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Trump: US will hit Taliban ‘with power never used before’
Sep 12, 2019 04:12US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit the Taliban harder than ever, following the collapse of peace talks between Washington and the militant group.
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Rocket explodes near US Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary
Sep 12, 2019 03:41A large explosion has rocked near the US Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, but officials at the compound later declared an all-clear and reported no injuries.
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Taliban: Trump will 'soon regret' abandoning Afghan talks
Sep 10, 2019 06:55US President Donald Trump has declared as “dead” so-called peace talks with the Taliban, prompting the militant group to declare war against American forces in Afghanistan, a development that seems to only prolong the 18-year occupation of the country.