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Taliban says ready for talks with Kabul a week after release of 400 militants
Aug 10, 2020 08:30The Taliban militant group says it is ready to begin long-delayed peace talks with the Afghan government within a week after Kabul completes the process of releasing the remaining Taliban prisoners.
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Afghanistan’s Grand Assembly approves freeing of 400 Taliban prisoners
Aug 09, 2020 09:40Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly of Elders, has approved the release of 400 imprisoned Taliban militants who had been involved in serious crimes in Afghanistan, removing the final obstacle to negotiations between the Afghan government and the militants.
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US proposes house arrest for ‘most dreaded’ Taliban inmates to break deadlock in talks: Report
Aug 02, 2020 08:23The United States has reportedly proposed that the Taliban militants deemed dangerous be placed under house arrest following their release from Afghan jails as a solution to the stalemate that has delayed the intra-Afghan peace process.
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Taliban say will free Afghan government inmates before Eid al-Adha
Jul 30, 2020 11:07The Taliban militant group says it will release the remaining Afghan government prisoners before Eid al-Adha as a “goodwill gesture.”
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Iran welcomes Taliban's ceasefire announcement over Eid ul-Adha
Jul 29, 2020 16:47Iran has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire by the Taliban militant group over Eid ul-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), hoping for a mutually acceptable peace agreement in the war-ravaged country.
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Afghan people, officials call for permanent ceasefire
Jul 29, 2020 15:02In Afghanistan, the public and officials have called for a lasting ceasefire in the wake of the government and the Taliban’s commitment to observe a three-day truce for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, starting Friday.
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Afghan teenage girl kills two Taliban militants in retaliation for killing of parents
Jul 22, 2020 09:09A teenage girl in Afghanistan has shot dead two Taliban militants and injured several others in an act of retaliation for the killing of her parents.
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Russia bounties story in US media aimed at spoiling peace deal: Taliban
Jul 20, 2020 12:28A Taliban official has dismissed as fake a recent report in the US media that accused Russia of paying the militant group to kill American troops in Afghanistan, saying the report was a byproduct of US political infighting and aimed at spoiling a Taliban-Washington peace deal.
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Taliban have no office in Iran: Deputy foreign minister
Jul 19, 2020 16:07The Taliban militant group has no office in the Islamic Republic, says Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, rejecting reports claiming otherwise.
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Iran ready to help Afghan govt. advance national peace process: Deputy FM
Jul 16, 2020 09:44A senior Iranian diplomat has expressed the country’s readiness to help the Afghan government advance the peace process in the conflict-ridden country.