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US Wants Taliban to Cut Iran Ties: Hekmatyar The US has asked the Taliban to cut its ties with Iran and to agree to the presence of some US forces in Afghanistan after a potential peace agreement between the two sides, said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the reconciled leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Tuesday.
Hekmatyar said the US brought these two issues... |
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Local Officials Criticized for Silence on Shindand Strike Local officials in Herat were criticized for not providing details on a drone strike in Shindand district in the province on January 8 that killed almost 30 civilians and targeted a commander of Talibans splinter faction Mullah Nangialai.
Elders in the province and Provincial Council members said... |
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US still needs Middle East oil; Trump lies: Report President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States no longer needs Middle Eastern oil, but according to a Bloomberg report American refineries still use the kind of oil the Middle East region produces.
"We are now the number-one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. We are... |
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Pompeo: John Bass Helped Advance US Efforts Towards Afghan Peace US Secretary Mike Pompeo described Ambassador John Bass service in Afghanistan as "exemplary," saying he helped "advance American efforts to facilitate a political settlement in Afghanistan," and served with "excellence and integrity."
"As Ambassador John Bass concludes two years in Afghanistan,... |
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Washington always disrespects its political, legal, moral commitments: Rouhani Irans President Hassan Rouhani says Washingtons aggressiveness has always been there through violating the rights of nations by keeping away from commitment to any of its political, legal and moral obligations.
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In a phone call with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday, Rouhani reiterated that... |
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Afghan official calls Gen. Soleimani key figure in anti-Daesh fight Afghanistans second vice president has hailed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani as a "prominent figure" in the battle against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, saying his assassination has complicated the situation in the region.
Muhammad Sarwar Danish made the remarks in Kabul on Saturday,... |
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Afghan VP Calls for Calm over Soleimani Killing The Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish addressed at a gathering marking Afghanistans Constitution founding 16 years ago and said Irans Qassem Soleimani was a "prominent anti-Daesh figure in the region" and his death will create a "complicated" political and security situation in the region... |
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US Amb. Bass: Take Opportunity for Peace, Fight Corruption John Bass, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, in an interview with TOLOnews Lotfullah Najafizada that aired on Wednesday said that the winner of the Afghan presidential elections will not have a "commanding mandate" with "fewer than a million votes in a country of over 30 million people in which over... |
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8 Police Killed in Balkh, 7 ANA Killed in Takhar At least eight police were killed in a Taliban attack on Tuesday night in Balkh province, local officials said Wednesday.
Fawad Saleh, the Balkh highway police commander, said the attack took place at a highway police checkpoint in Alam Khail village of Balkh province.
There were 14 soldiers at the... |
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Taliban Agrees On One Week Ceasefire Mullah Hebatullah, the leader of the Taliban, agreed to a one-week ceasefire while signing the peace agreement with the US, said sources close to the Taliban.
While the Taliban leaders and representatives were negotiating the ceasefire in Afghanistan, it is now reported that they have agreed on a... |
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10 ANA Troops Killed in Helmand Attack On Friday at least 10 members of the Afghan Army died in an attack on their outpost by the Taliban in Sangin district, Helmand province, the 215 Maiwand Corps confirmed in a statement, saying also that four troops were wounded.
Around 16 army troops were stationed at the outpost, according to the... |
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civilian casualties in afghanistan surpassed 100,000 in the past 10 years Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Tadamichi Yamamoto supported the Intra-Afghan peace talks in a statement on Thursday.
"I welcome the efforts made by the people of Afghanistan and other key actors to make progress and realize direct intra-Afghan talks. While recognizing the... |
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Leaders Unite Against Rise of Fraudulent Govt Some of Afghanistans mainstream political leaders and former mujahideen figures on Thursday vowed to defy the establishment of a government arising from "electoral fraud."
Among the main critics was CE Abdullah Abdullah, who reiterated that he will always defend the valid votes of the Afghan people.
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Most Members of Taliban Councils Support Ceasefire: Sources A source familiar with the peace talks in Qatar said Thursday that "most members" of the Taliban councils in Pakistan have agreed to establish a temporary ceasefire.
The source, however, says the final decision about the ceasefire will be made by the Talibans leader, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada.
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Taliban abducts 27 peace activists in Afghanistan The Taliban has kidnapped 27 Afghan activists of the Peoples Peace Movement who were on a trip to call for peace and ceasefire between the militant group and the government in Kabul.
The Taliban militants stopped a convoy of six cars carrying the activists on a highway in the western province of... |
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Talibans Top Leaders Meet in Quetta: Sources Members of the Talibans leadership are meeting the groups top leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada in the Pakistani city of Quetta and they are discussing a potential ceasefire with the US, sources familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.
A delegation from the Talibans office in Doha is also participating... |
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IECC Registers Over 7,000 Complaints in Two Days The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) registered over 7,000 complaints over the past two days from campaign teams following the announcement of the preliminary election results on Sunday, a member of the electoral body said.
Mainly three campaign teams--State Builder led by Mohammad... |
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Taliban Agrees With Short Term Ceasefire Proposed By USA Some sources near to the Taliban clarified that the Taliban after a few days consultations announced that they are ready for a short term ceasefire while they are signing the peace agreement with the US.
According to these sources, the Taliban team for peace negotiations led by Shahabuddin Delawar... |
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Preliminary Election Results Are False: Hekmatyar Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, presidential election candidate and head of Hizb-e-Islami, at a press conference on Monday called the preliminary election results "false."
"We did not expect that the Independent Election Commission would announce such a false result," said Hekmatyar, adding: "We have asked... |
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Abdullah files more than 4,000 complaints over preliminary presidential election results Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Unity Government of Afghanistan and the only serious rival of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in the 2019 presidential election, has filed over 4,000 complaints over the preliminary presidential election results.
The Independent Election... |
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Taliban killed an American solider in northern Kunduz province A U.S soldier was killed in the northern Kunduz province by the Taliban militants, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson claimed on Monday.
"Last night we performed a heavy explosion on the U.S occupiers and their slaves in the Safarbai area of Chahar Dara district in Kunduz, as a result of which... |
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Ghani Tops Preliminary Election Results: IEC Ashraf Ghani earned 923,868 votes and 50.64% , to lead the preliminary results of the 2019 presidential election, according to the Independent Election Commissions announcement on Sunday morning.
Abdullah Abdullah followed with 720,990 votes and 39.52%, the IEC announced.
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Afghan Political Figures Works On New Peace Plan To Be Discussed In Peace Talks Non-governmental political figures led by Hamed Karzai believe that the government should leave the previous impractical plans and agree on a shared and common peace concept with Afghan Politicians.
"Some of the Afghan political faces are working on a peace concept to be discussed in face to face talks... |
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Biden: I Was Against Troop Surge in Afghanistan Former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Thursday during a presidential debate that he fought within the Obama administration against surging troops to Afghanistan, saying it was a mistake to allocate forces to a conflict that the United States could not win.
Biden was challenged at the Democratic... |
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Talks Approach Important Stage: Khalilzad US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in a tweet late Wednesday night said: "Were approaching an important stage in the Afghan peace process. Wrapped up two days of consultations in Kabul. Productive trip."
Khalilzad also said that he met with the US ambassador in Kabul, John Bass, Gen. Austin Scott Miller,... |
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Pompeo Hopes Reduced Violence Will Lead to Ceasefire US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a joint news conference in Washington with Indias External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that he hopes that a reduction of violence in Afghanistan will lead to a ceasefire."
"We are hopeful that all of the relevant political participants in... |
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Khalilzad in Kabul for Peace Talks: Officials US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is in Kabul to meet Afghan leaders about peace talks, said Mujiburahman Rahimi, a spokesman for the Chief Executive Office, on Wednesday.
Khalilzad met with President Ghani at the Presidential Palace and briefed the president about the US-Taliban talks in Doha and the... |
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Operation Ends in Mazar, Qaisari is Missing A clash in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, started late Saturday night and ended on Sunday night, nearly 20 hours after security forces surrounded the residence of Nizamuddin Qaisari, the former police chief of Faryabs Qaisar district. The house was in Police District 5 (PD5) of Mazar-e-Sharif.
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Abdullah Asks Protestors to Allow Recount in Seven Provinces Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Friday asked the protestors currently blocking the offices of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to allow the recount of the votes in the seven remaining provinces so that "no excuse is left."
"After the elections, the great Afghan people raised their... |
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16 civilians killed And Injured In A Mine Blast In Ghazni At least 10 civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a mine blast in Ghazni province, provincial media office said in a statement.
The incident occurred as a result of mine attached to a vehicle traveling to Ghazni city.
The statement said that the car was hit on Jighato-Ghazni road on... |
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