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Taliban claims Kabul and Parwan explosions The Taliban group claimed responsibility for the explosions in Kabul city and Parwan provinces.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives close to the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Defense in Kabul city this afternoon.
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Senior Afghan Politicians In Pakistan For Key Meeting Several Afghan politicians, including Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor, second deputy chief executive Mohammad Mohaqeq, and presidential candidate Abdul Latif Pedram on Friday left Kabul to Pakistan to attend a meeting in which some members of the Taliban... |
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Ghani, Modi Discuss Afghan Peace in Bishkek President Ashraf Ghani met with Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night on the sidelines of the 19th summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the Presidential Palace said in a statement.
In a statement released on Friday, the presidential... |
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SCO Summit Begins In Bishkek Global issues will be discussed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bekki, Kyrgyzstan on Friday.
The Big Eurasian G8, as well as observer and dialogue partners, will gather in Bishkek.
One of the most important factors in maintaining and strengthening security in the Organization... |
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Man Who Tried To Approach Ghani Was Asked By Arg To Stay Silent Raees Zazai, a resident of Paktia who was beaten by President Ghanis guards after he tried to approach the president at the end of his speech at a ceremony in Herat last year in December, said on Thursday that he had been asked by the Presidential Palace, the Arg, to stay silent and that he has "never... |
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Daesh In Afghanistan Aims To Attack US: McKenzie The Daesh group in Afghanistan is a "very worrisome" threat to the United States, and US counterterrorism efforts have yet to shrink its extremist ambitions, Head of US Central Command Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said Wednesday, according to Military Times report.
"ISIS (Daesh) in Afghanistan certainly... |
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Putin Hopes Efforts On Afghan Peace Will Product Positive Results Moscow cooperates with many other countries, including the United States, in efforts to resolve the Afghan issue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Mir broadcaster on Thursday.
"We are certainly concerned about Middle East issues, as well as everything related to Irans... |
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Germany Mediates for Ending Afghan War: MoFA Germany is trying to help the Afghan peace process by providing the ground for the launch of an intra-Afghan dialogue, said Idrees Zaman the Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs on Wednesday.
According to the Afghan official, Germany has taken the initiative upon the request of the... |
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Taliban Main Obstacle to Peace Process: Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the country, said on Wednesday that the recent efforts for holding the upcoming elections will not stop the ongoing dialogues for the peace process.
Abdullah is hopeful about the peace process and says that the Afghan people and government are committed to supporting... |
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Key Taliban Member Among 52 Others Killed In Zabul: Governor The governor of Zabul, Rahmatullah Yarmal, on Wednesday said that at least 53 Taliban militants including a designated deputy governor of the group were killed in an operation by Afghan forces in the province late on Tuesday.
The governor said the operation was carried out in response to a Taliban... |
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25 Days Passed, MPs Quarrel Still Remains Unsolved A number of lawmakers on Tuesday insisted that the new elected House Speaker should start his job in order to end the ongoing impasse in the lower house of parliament.
Lawmakers insist that the continuation of the situation is not in favor of the country and will create a gap between ethnic groups... |
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Govt Should Not Interfere to Solve Parliament Impasse: MPs Some lawmakers on Monday said that the parliament impasse has damaged the Afghan parliament prestige at the national and international levels.
For more than a month, the lower house of parliament is unable to hold a general session or resolve the dispute over the selection of the House Speaker.
The... |
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Khalilzad: Peace Talks are Entering a New Stage The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says that he will stay in Kabul and that he will have consultations with the Government leaders, political figures, civil society, and women.
Khalilzad met with President Ashraf Ghani and his team on Sunday and briefed... |
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12 Haqqani Network Commanders Killed In Khost At least 12 commanders of Haqqani network were killed in an operation by Afghan forces in Sabari district in Khost province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Monday.
According to the statemen, the commanders were involved in destructive and terrorist activities in the... |
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Mohib Says ANDSF Will Break Talibans Backbone In Four Months In a rare statement, Afghanistans National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib has predicted that the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) will "break the Talibans backbone in four months" and he believes the stalemate in the battlefield is over.
A fresh spate of violence continues to... |
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Hundreds of US infantry soldiers mobilizing for deployment to Afghanistan Hundreds of US infantry soldiers are to be mobilized this summer prior to being deployed to Afghanistan in support of the US-led ‘Operation Freedom Sentinel,’ purportedly billed as the continuation of “the global war on terrorism.”
Nearly 400 troops from the Wisconsin... |
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Presidential Candidates Asks Their Supporters to Stage Protests The council of presidential candidates has directed its supporters to stage protests across the country in reaction to the "illegal continuation" of the government.
Members of the council warned on Saturday that they will prevent Ghanis government to act beyond the law by staging civil demonstrations... |
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Minister Khalid Meets Top US Military Official for Afghanistan Afghan Minister of Defense Assadullah Khalid met with Colin F. Jackson the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
During the meeting, Khalid thanked the U.S. official for their support to the... |
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ICC prosecutor challenges courts rejection of probe into US war crimes in Afghanistan The International Criminal Courts (ICC) chief prosecutor has filed an appeal challenging the courts rejection of a probe into war crimes in Afghanistan by invading US forces, local Afghan troops as well as Taliban and other militant groups.
The 17-page appeal document filed on Friday by the courts... |
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Khalid Warns Against Any Deal In Peace Process Addressing Army soldiers at a ceremony in central Maidan Wardak province, Acting Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid said the Afghan forces are fighting for peace and that any deal in the peace talks which will result in "transition of power" will not be acceptable to them.
His remarks come amid ongoing... |
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Govt Forces Retake Ghaznis Khwaja Omari District After a Year The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces retaken the control of Khwaja Omari district in the central Ghazni province, an Army official confirmed.
The clearance operation is still ongoing in the district, which fell to the Taliban almost a year ago.
The operation was started on Thursday evening,... |
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Naderi Calls For Impartial Probe Into Allegations Against Arg A former advisor to President Ashraf Ghani and a womens rights activist, Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, on Thursday, called for an independent investigation by an impartial "third party" into sexual abuse allegations against the Presidential Palace, Arg, which was followed by a big buzz among political elites,... |
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Germany, Qatar to Host Intra-Afghan Dialogue Germany and Qatar are expected to host the intra-Afghan dialogue between the Taliban representatives and the Afghan politicians.
The U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Peace Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday said in a tweet that Germany hosted 2nd US-Europe Group for Afghan Peace meeting where they reviewed... |
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Nearly 200 Afghanistanian Civilians Killed In Ramadan: Report A report by a Turkish news agency shows that almost 200 Afghan civilians were killed during the holy month of Ramadan as the Taliban and other insurgent groups are refraining to agree on a ceasefire despite repeated calls by the Afghan government, the international community and the members of the public.
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Ghani Stresses On Fair Elections As He Delivers Eid Message Afghanistanian President Ashraf Ghani stressed the need for a fair, free and transparent presidential elections as he addressed the nation on Eid al-Fitr.
Ghani wished everyone a happy Eid and said he appreciates the Afghan forces "bravery" and efforts who are on the frontlines to ensure the safety... |
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Ghani To Visit Pakistan At The End Of June President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday during his Eid remarks said he has accepted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans invitation and that he will visit Islamabad on June 27.
Ghani also said that he had a productive meeting with Imran Khan in Saudi Arabia this week but still need practical steps.
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Khalilzad In Pakistan To Advance Afghan Peace US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, visited Pakistan Sunday at the beginning of his 16-day multi-nation trip which will also take him to Qatar for another round of peace talks with the Taliban.
Khalilzad held delegation-level talks at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan... |
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Nabil Stresses on Fair Investigation of Sexual Abuse Charges on ARG Rahmatullah Nabil, the former chief of National Directorate of Security, on Sunday demanded that an exclusive court be formed for investigating the accusations for sexual exploitation and promoting prostitution in the presidential palace (ARG).
The accusations were made by Habibullah Ahmadzai, the... |
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Jamiat Warns President Ghani to Step Down Some members of Jamiat-e Islami party at a gathering on Sunday warned that the continuation of President Ashraf Ghanis government will have negative consequences.
Ahmad Wali Massoud, a senior member of the political party and a presidential candidate for the upcoming election called on President... |
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Ex-Afghan Spy Chief Leaks New Information Regarding Govt, IEC, Taliban Former Afghan intelligence chief and current presidential candidate Rahmatullah Nabil on Sunday claimed that the National Directorate of Security (NDS) received reports of money injection in 2014 elections while he was in charge.
Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, he said huge contracts have... |
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