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Afghan government, Taliban exchange prisoners
Apr 13, 2020 09:39The Afghan government has released 100 more Taliban prisoners, and the militant group has freed 20 captive security forces, as a shaky peace process between the two sides gains momentum in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan frees 100 more militants after Taliban leave talks with govt.
Apr 09, 2020 12:15The Afghan government says it will release another 100 Taliban inmates after the militant group accused Kabul of foot-dragging and recalled its team from week-long meetings on a much-awaited prisoner swap between the two sides.
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Afghan government, Taliban prepare for prisoner swap
Apr 02, 2020 10:47Afghanistan is set to release from prison 100 Taliban militants in a prisoner exchange for 20 of its security forces personnel, the government and Taliban sources say.
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Taliban reject Afghan government’s negotiating team
Mar 29, 2020 04:00The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan has refused to enter into peace talks with the Afghan government, rejecting Kabul’s negotiating team as “not inclusive.”
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US hasty measures, inattention to domestic issues behind crisis in Afghanistan: Iran
Mar 23, 2020 03:20Foreign Ministry says hasty measures taken by the US administration to reach an agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan and inattention to the country’s domestic issues are the main reasons behind the current political crisis in the country following the recent presidential election.
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Former president Karzai blames US for crisis in Afghanistan
Mar 11, 2020 10:33Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai has blamed the United States’ policies and “insulting” and “divisive” treatment of Afghan people for the current political crisis in the country.
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Gunmen kill local official, bodyguards in Afghan capital
Mar 08, 2020 09:32A local Afghan official has been killed in an attack by gunmen, who also killed two of his bodyguards and left another one wounded, in the capital, Kabul.
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Gunmen attack Afghan gathering attended by senior figures
Mar 06, 2020 11:08Afghan political leader Abdullah Abdullah has escaped unhurt after gunmen attacked a ceremony in the capital Kabul, that left at least 27 people dead and dozens injured.
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Terrorists attempted to carry out chemical attack in Saraqib amid Syrian army gains: Reconciliation center
Mar 04, 2020 13:29The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria says a group of foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants sought to explode several containers with toxic substances in the strategic Saraqib city of the country’s northwestern province of Idlib in a bid to incriminate Syrian government forces as a pretext for possible acts of aggression on army troops.
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US carries out airstrike on Afghan Taliban, days after signing ‘peace’ deal
Mar 04, 2020 10:03The United States has conducted an airstrike against the Taliban militant group’s positions in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province, just days after the two sides signed a “peace” deal.