Afghan Peace Process
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Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Islamabad: The US has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country’s new Taliban…
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IAF aircraft carrying 120 Indian officials takes off from Kabul
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft has taken off from Kabul with more than 120 Indian officials in it, said sources. Sources also said that the staff was brought inside…
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Ali Ahmad Jalali to be appointed as new interim head in Afghanistan
Kabul: There are negotiations going on in the Afghan Presidential Palace ARG to transfer power to the Taliban with Ali Ahamd Jalali as head of the new interim government on Sunday, according…
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Hospital bombed in southern Afghanistan as battles rage
Kabul: The owner of a private hospital in Afghanistan said the Afghan air force bombed the facility on Saturday, killing one person and injuring three others. He said the hospital was targeted…
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Al-Qaeda operates under Taliban protection: UN report
Kabul: The United Nations has warned in a new report that the threat from terror groups such as Daesh and Al-Qaeda is expanding in many places in Afghanistan. It said the security…
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Leaders talk peace as Afghans battle chaos and uncertainty
Islamabad: Senior Afghan leaders are in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar talking peace with the Taliban, whose leader on Sunday issued a statement saying the insurgent movement wants a political settlement…
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4 Afghan security personnel, 63 Taliban militants dead in recent violence
Kabul: At least four Afghan security personnel and 63 Taliban militants have been killed in the recent violence raging across the country, sources said on Friday. In Samangan province, four security forces…
- Pakistan
Pak playing ‘Good Taliban, Bad Taliban’ again for bigger clout in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Although the Pakistani military establishment makes public statements about not having any “connections” with top leaders of the Taliban and Islamabad says it is not in favour of the Taliban…
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Turkey’s offer to secure Kabul airport could prove to be a very risky business
Nicosia: The proposal made by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to US President Joe Biden last month on the sidelines of a NATO summit that Turkey could undertake the security of the…
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India frustrated with situation in Afghanistan: Pak military
New Delhi: With the great game unfolding rapidly after the sudden US drawback from Afghanistan, regional players are trying to take control of the deteriorating situation on the ground. And as usual…
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Surge in Afghan violence triggers refugee crisis
Kabul: As the violence continues to intensify in Afghanistan amid US drawdown, a major refugee crisis is emerging with neighbouring countries staring at an exodus of refugees fleeing the war-like situation. Amid…
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Armed Afghan women take to the streets against Taliban
Kabul: Women have taken up guns in northern and central Afghanistan, marching in the streets in their hundreds and sharing pictures of themselves with assault rifles on social media in a show…
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Johnson confirms most British troops have left Afghanistan
London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Thursday that most British troops have left Afghanistan, almost 20 years after the U.K. and other Western countries sent troops into the country to engage in…
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Biden to deliver major policy speech on Afghanistan: White House
Washington: US President Joe Biden will deliver a major policy speech on Afghanistan on Thursday and an update on the drawdown of troops after a meeting with his national security team on…
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More than 90 pc of withdrawal process in Afghanistan completed: US
Kabul: The US has completed “more than 90 per cent” of its entire withdrawal from Afghanistan, informed the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in a statement on Tuesday (local time). “The withdrawal…
