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Pompeos Visit Was Lost Opportunity: President Abdullah Afghan President Abdullah Abdullah, in a statement on Tuesday regarding US Secretary of State Mike Pompeos trip to Afghanistan, said "the trip provided an opportunity to resolve the current crisis, but unfortunately it was not taken advantage of."
President Abdullah said he appreciates the US cooperation... |
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US Cuts $1B Aid to Afghanistan Over Peace Delays US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday traveled to Kabul to meet with Ashraf Ghani and Afghan President Abdullah Abdullah and also to Doha, where he met with the Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar, saying the trip was intended to "try and drive the peace process to success."
However, a statement... |
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Pompeo in Kabul to Address Afghan Political Crisis The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Kabul and is expected to push forward a US peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, the AP reported.
Since the signing of the deal, the peace process has become stalled both because of a standoff over the terms of a prisoner swap between... |
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Pompeo arrives in Afghanistan in bid to help salvage US-Taliban deal US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AFP photo)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Afghanistan on a trip that aims to save the so-called peace deal signed between the Taliban and the United States.
Pompeo, who landed in Kabul on Monday on a previously unannounced visit, will meet with Afghan... |
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US envoy says Kabul, Taliban in first prisoner exchange talks US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad (C) arrives for the swearing-in inauguration ceremony of Ashraf Ghani. (File photo)
The Afghan government and the Taliban on Sunday held their first discussion on arranging prisoner exchanges, a key step in a broader push for... |
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US hasty measures, inattention to domestic issues behind crisis in Afghanistan: Iran The file photo of Irans Foreign Ministry building in Tehran
Irans Foreign Ministry says hasty measures taken by the US administration to reach an agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan and inattention to the countrys domestic issues are the main reasons behind the current political crisis in the... |
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Taliban commander among 24 killed Kunduz At least 24 Taliban - including a commander - were killed in clashes with Afghan forces in northern Kunduz province, police said.
Hijrat Akbari, a spokesman for the provincial police told Ariana News that the clashes broke out on Saturday night after a large number of militants attacked seven security... |
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US Pushes for Sooner Release of Taliban Prisoners The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Wednesday said the United States would like to see the prisoner releases begin as soon as possible in line with the US-Taliban peace agreement.
"No prisoners have been released to date despite the commitment to do so... |
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Shocking video emerges showing the killing of Afghan man by Australian forces A disturbing has emerged of what appears to be the killing of an unarmed Afghan man by an Australian Special Forces soldier in 2012.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) aired the footage in Four Corners program on Monday which shows part of a raid by Australian Special Forces in southern... |
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British forces to begin their final retreat from Afghanistan British forces suffered most of their casualties in the southern Helmand province
After nearly two decades of military intervention in Afghanistan, the UK finally looks set to depart the country following the US peace deal with the Afghan Taliban.
According to the Times newspaper, "hundreds" of British... |
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Former president Karzai blames US for crisis in Afghanistan Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives to attend a church service for former French President Jacques Chirac at the Saint-Sulpice Church in Paris, France, on September 30, 2019. (File photo by AFP)
Afghanistans former president Hamid Karzai has blamed the United States policies and "insulting"... |
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Khalilzad Hopes Intra-Afghan Talks Conclude in 100 Days The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in an interview with TOLOnews on Wednesday spoke about a number of significant topics related to the peace agreement between the US and the Taliban, including counterterrorism operations, intra-Afghan talks and the prisoner... |
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US asks UNSC to endorse Taliban deal as initial Afghanistan troop withdrawal begins (L to R) US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar shake hands after signing a peace agreement during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The United States has reportedly called on... |
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A joint statement was agreed on the occasion of the signing of the US-Taliban Agreement on February 29 in Qatar. The representatives of the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations met A joint statement was agreed on the occasion of the signing of the US-Taliban Agreement on February 29 in Qatar.
The representatives of the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations met on March 1 in Doha, Qatar and:
Welcomed the... |
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Ghani and Abdullah open to negotiations to end the political crisis: Khalilzad The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation has said Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are open to negotiations to end the political crisis.
"I spent much of the last week trying to help Pres @ashrafghani and Dr. @DrabdullahCE come to an agreement on an inclusive and broadly... |
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Pompeo reacts as Abdullah and Ghani hold oath ceremonies The Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to escalating political tensions in Afghanistan as both incumbent president Ashraf Ghani and the Chief Executive of the National Unity Government held oath ceremonies.
"The U.S. strongly supports a unified and sovereign #Afghanistan and opposes any effort to... |
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Abdullah Takes Oath to Lead Parallel Govt Abdullah Abdullah, at a parallel swearing-in ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday, took an oath of office as a self-proclaimed president and vowed to establish an inclusive government, focusing on peace and governance reforms.
President Ghani, at the nearby Presidential Palace, also held a swearing-in ceremony... |
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Presidential swearing-in ceremonies postponed The inauguration ceremonies for President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have been postponed.
Both men issued invitations last week to parallel inauguration ceremonies on Monday
Ghani and Abdullah had issued invitations for parallel inauguration ceremonies on Monday.
The Presidential... |
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Russia to send troops to Afghanistan if the countrys official authorities ask Russia expresses its will to send troops to Afghanistan to fight terrorism if the countrys official authorities ask.
Zamir Kabulov, Russias special presidential envoy to Afghanistan, in an interview with a Federal News Agency, said that Russia could send troops to Afghanistan to fight terrorism if... |
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Security Institutions Face Questions after Kabul Attack Afghan security institutions are facing serious questions a day after at least 32 people were killed and 8 others were wounded in an attack on a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, the slain leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party.
The leaders who organized the event said... |
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Ghani: Prisoner Release Needs Transparent Mechanism President Ashraf Ghani, addressing a ceremony on the second anniversary of the 17th National Assembly, said as head of state he does not want any of the detainees in question imprisoned, but he said there is a need for a "transparent mechanism" to release the Taliban prisoners - as part of a peace deal... |
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US insists on prisoner releases by Taliban, Afghan govt The U.S. government insists that the Taliban and the Afghan government should come to a conclusion about prisoner releases.
Apparently, the U.S. is trying to convince the Afghan government to change its stand on releasing the five thousand prisoners of the Taliban.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike... |
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Attack on Afghan Politicians Ceremony in Kabul; 32 Killed A ceremony on Friday marking the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, where Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other politicians were attending, was attacked when the head of the High Peace Council, Mohammad Karim Khalili, was giving a speech.
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Ghani, Abdullah Teams Meet to Break Deadlock: Abdullah Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday in an interview with TOLOnews said that a delegation from President Ghanis side and a group from his own team held a meeting on Thursday to find a common solution to the election standoff.
"Today a meeting was held between two delegations--from the Presidential... |
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Time to bring US troops home: Trump US President Donald Trump said that it is time "to bring our people back home," following the signing of US-Taliban agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan.
Addressing a press conference in White House, Trump said that the US would reduce its forces in Afghanistan approximately to 8600, "and then... |
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No commitments to releasing 5,000 Taliban prisoners President Ghani In a press conference today, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani addressed that there wasn’t any commitment to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
According to him, the matter could be a part of the Intra-Afghan negotiation, but not a pre-condition.
Ghani said, "There is no commitment to release... |
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US-Taliban deal puts Afghanistan on a path to peace: Khalilzad US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that the agreement signed by the US and the Taliban "puts Afghanistan on a path to peace."
Khalilzad and Taliban Deputy Leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar signed the deal on Saturday in Doha, Qatar, aimed to bring peace... |
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Trump Urges Afghans to Seize this Opportunity for Peace President Trump on Friday issued a statement announcing that "soon, at my direction, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of an agreement with representatives of the Taliban," Trump urged "the Afghan people to seize this opportunity for peace and a new future for the country."
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Key US, NATO Officials to Visit Kabul Saturday As the United States gets close to signing a peace deal with the Taliban that has been negotiated for almost 18 months between the two sides, the US Defense Secretary Mark Esper and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are visiting Kabul on Saturday, a government official confirmed.
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Khalilzad welcomes Ghanis decision to postpone his inauguration ceremony The US Special Representative for Afghanistans reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said in a tweet on Wednesday that he welcomes Ashraf Ghanis decision to postpone the event until March 9.
He said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan has announced the postponement of tomorrows planned... |
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