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Paktia Residents Seek Justice for Those Killed in Govt Operations A group of residents of Paktia province who claim they have lost family members in night raids in Zurmat district called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
The residents claimed that many cases have been filed against night raids in Zurmat district, but their voices havent been heard.
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Lasting Peace Must be Afghan-Owned: Stoltenberg NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, speaking to media at the end of the first day of the NATO defense ministerial in Brussels on Wednesday, said "the only way to create lasting and sustainable peace in Afghanistan is, of course, to have the Afghans owning the peace process and agreeing on the way forward."
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Kabul Still in Search of intra-Afghan Talks Team Amid reports that the United States and the Taliban are closer to a potential peace agreement, the Afghan government is still arguing about an inclusive peace negotiating team to talk to the Taliban.
On Wednesday, the office of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah confirmed that the Afghan government... |
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Trump Gives Conditional Approval to Afghan Deal: NYT US President Trump has conditionally approved a peace deal with the Taliban that may lead to the withdrawal of US troops as long as the Taliban can commit to a reduction in violence, according to a report in the New York Times.
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NATO Supports US Efforts for Peace in Afghanistan The NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg addressed Afghanistan at a press conference ahead of NATOs two-day meeting on Tuesday, saying NATO supports US peace efforts.
"We fully support the efforts led by the United States to end the conflict and to achieve a peaceful solution, our allies are consulting closely... |
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No Way To Power Except by Votes: Hekmatyar Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, on Tuesday at a press conference in Kabul said "there is no other way to reach power but through the peoples votes."
Hekmatyar said that his party had prepared a peace draft and it has been shared around, and it will also be shared with the... |
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Five People Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack At least three military personnel and two civilians were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on Tuesday morning, said Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior.
The attack happened around 7:00am local time close to the Marshal Fahim military academy in PD5 of Kabul city. A suicide bomber... |
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US envoy for Afghan peace meets Mullah Baradar, other senior Taliban leaders in Qatar The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad met with Mullah Baradar, the deputy political chief of Taliban in Qatar late on Sunday.
Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the political office of Taliban in Qatar said some other senior Taliban leaders including Mullah Mohammad Fazil, Mullah Khairullah... |
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2 US Troops Killed By Shooter in Afghan Uniform: US On Saturday, a firefight broke out in Sherzad district, Nangarhar province, said a US forces spokesman, Col. Sonny Leggett, who confirmed that two US service members were killed and six others were wounded, and that wounded service members were receiving medical treatment at a US facility.
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Second Deputy Mohaqiqs Son, Hussain, Kills Brother Baqir: MoI The son of Second Deputy to the CE Mohammad Mohaqiq, Hussain Mohammad, shot and killed his brother, Baqir Mohammad Mohaqiq, the Ministry of Interior confirmed.
Sibghatullah Ahmadi, an aid to Deputy Mohammad Mohaqiq said that the "mental illness" of Hussain Mohammad was a factor.
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Peace is Priority for Afghan People: Abdullah Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Friday said that for the people of Afghanistan, after 40 years of war, peace is a "priority."
This comes as talks continue between US officials and the Taliban in Doha.
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IECCs Decision Made Under Political Pressure: Campaigns A recent verdict by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) to send a small percentage of the 300,000 disputed votes for a special audit came under domestic and international pressure, a number of campaign teams said on Thursday as Afghans await the final results of last Septembers presidential... |
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American Contractor Captured by Taliban in Khost: Newsweek An American contractor was captured by Taliban in the eastern province of Khost province last week, Newsweek reported.
Mark R. Frerichs of Lombard, Illinois, was kidnapped last Friday, US officials told Newsweek, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details... |
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Ghani Combines 8 State Companies Into New Development Entity Following a series of reports by TOLOnews focused on the Operation and Support Office of the President for National Development (OSOPND), documents show that President Ghani has now combined eight state-owned companies as the implementation arm of a new entity called the National Development Company,... |
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Taliban accuse Trump of harming peace talks Rebuffing U.S. charges that it has failing to curb violence, the Afghan Taliban on Tuesday blamed President Donald Trump for the botched bid for a peace deal.
"Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [Talibans shadow government] has the intention & capacity for a resolution. Negotiation process has been... |
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Trump Seeks End to War in Afghanistan US President Donald Trump during the State of the Union address on Wednesday said that the US is working to finally end "Americas longest war" in Afghanistan and "bring our troops back home."
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Taliban say US has harmed negotiations The Afghan Taliban militant group says the United States has "harmed" negotiations that have been going on and off between the two sides.
In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the militant group "has the intention & capacity for a resolution" that could see... |
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Abdullahs Office Opposes Palaces Proposed Negotiating Team Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullahs office says the US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad - who visited Kabul this week - in a meeting with Abdullah called for the formation of an inclusive and national negotiating team for intra-Afghan negotiations.
Abdullahs spokesman Mujib Rahman Rahimi said that... |
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Withdrawal of US Troops Will Boost Taliban: Retired US General Retired US General Jack Keane told US news outlet The National Interest that the Talibans leaders calculate that a withdrawal of US troops would produce a massive boost to their movement in Afghanistan.
Gen. Keane believes that the troops withdrawal also would amount to a US admission of defeat... |
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Insurgent Attacks Increased in Late 2019: SIGAR SIGARs latest quarterly report says that the Taliban launched 8,204 attacks in the fourth quarter of 2019, a 17 percent increase over the 6,974 attacks launched in the same time during the previous year.
According to data from Resolute Support, September 2019, the month of the Afghan presidential... |
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US Demands Demonstrable Reduction in Violence from Taliban US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday demanded "demonstrable evidence" from the Taliban that it can and will reduce violence before signing a deal that would lead to Afghanistan peace talks and a withdrawal of American troops from the country.
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US Peace Envoy Briefs Afghan Leaders on Taliban Talks The presidential palace, in a press release, said that Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan, met with President Ghani and some officials in the palace, adding that Khalilzad briefed Ghani on his talks with the Taliban representatives and the Pakistani officials.
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Airstrike kills all members of family Badghis An airstrike in Moqor district of Badghis province last night, killed all six members of a family.
According to witnesses, a residence in Ander village of Moqor district came under airstrike last night that killed all members of a family.
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US Envoy Khalilzad in Kabul As Talks Reach New Phase A source confirmed that the US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is in Kabul and will meet with Afghan officials including President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the peace process, which some close to the talks say has reached a new phase.
On Friday, Khalilzad visited Islamabad and met with Pakistani officials... |
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US Envoy Khalilzad in Pakistan as Kabul Insists on Ceasefire The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday met Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad "to discuss efforts for peace in Afghanistan," Dawn News reported.
According to Pakistani media, at the meeting Qureshi said that the peace agreement... |
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Afghan Civilians Pay Price of Conflict: Amnesty International Amnesty Internationals annual human rights review released on Thursday said that the Afghan civilians continued to pay the price of the ongoing conflict as "justice proved elusive for the victims."
Citing UN reports, the review stated that civilian casualties remained high throughout 2019, with "July... |
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Pentagon Identifies 2 Air Force Airmen Killed in Afghanistan The Pentagon on Wednesday released the names of two Air Force officers killed in the crash of their Bombardier E-11A electronic surveillance plane in Afghanistan.
They were identified as Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, New Hampshire. Voss was assigned... |
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Taliban attack kills 10 policemen in northern Afghanistan At least 10 policemen have been killed in an attack by the Taliban militant group on a checkpoint in Afghanistans northern Baghlan Province.
"The Taliban attacked the police checkpoint from several directions. The fighting lasted several hours. Ten policemen were martyred. The Taliban also suffered... |
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US Military Recovers Remains from Plane Crash in Ghazni The United States on Tuesday recovered the remains of two personnel from a US military aircraft that crashed in Ghazni province, US forces in Afghanistan said in a statement on Tuesday.
On Monday, the US military said an E-11A aircraft had crashed, and there was no indication that the plane had been... |
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Afghan Govt Nowhere Near Able to Self-Fund: Sopko John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), told US Congress on Tuesday that corruption remains the top "strategic threat" to the legitimacy and success of the Afghan government, and that Afghanistan is "nowhere near" able to fund its own government--"in particular,... |
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