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Irans Zarif Believes Trump Does Not Want War Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not believe US President Donald Trump wants war with Iran, but he told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump could be lured into a conflict.
"I don’t think he wants war," Zarif said in an interview at the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New... |
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Suspected militant blown up while planting a bomb inside a private university in Kabul A suspected militant was blown up by own explosives as he was attempting to plant a bomb inside the compound of a private university in Kabul.
Kabul police officials have confirmed that the incident took place at around 10:30 am local time in the vicinity of Kart-e-Naw area in 8th police district... |
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Its Getting Harder To Track US Progress In Afghanistan John Sopko, the US special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction told reporters on Wednesday in Washington that its getting "harder and harder" for the public to track the US militarys progress after 17-year war in Afghanistan.
"What we are finding is now almost every indicia, metric... |
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Moscow to Host Trilateral Meeting on Afghan Peace Moscow will host a trilateral meeting on the Afghan peace on Thursday between Russia, China, and the United States.
On Wednesday, the Russian embassy in Kabul said in a statement that the meeting will be held at special representatives level in Moscow on April 25.
According to the statement, the... |
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UNAMA Report Shows 23 Percent Decrease in Civilian Casualties The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says in a report that the number of civilian casualties from the Afghan conflicts has a 23 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.
In the first quarter of 2019, the UNAMA continued to document high levels of harm to civilians from the... |
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Khalilzad Says Important Steps Not Taken for Launch of Intra-Afghan Dialogue US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad says that important steps have not been taken for the launch of an intra-Afghan dialogue to end the long-lasting war in Afghanistan.
Speaking in a video message to the Afghan youth at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Khalilzad once... |
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Abdullah Says Mismanagement Interrupted Doha Meeting Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who addressed the Council of Ministers meeting on Monday, said that the Qatar conference was "interrupted" due to mismanagement and with that, an opportunity for talks was lost.
The meeting was cancelled over the disagreement of Qatari government with the Afghan delegations... |
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Pompeo Pushes For Another Intra-Afghan Dialogue In Doha The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on April 20 with President Ashraf Ghani and condemned the Talibans recent announcement of a spring offensive and stressed the United States solidarity with the Afghan peoples pursuit of a comprehensive peace agreement that would end the suffering and destruction,... |
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Presidential Candidates Seeking Alternative To NUG A group of 11 presidential candidates - out of a total of 18 - are seeking an alternative to the National Unity Government, also called NUG, after its legal term ends on May 22.
The National Unity Government was initially formed in 2014 after controversial elections which left the two leading candidates... |
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Pakistan PM Says Will Not Give Advice to Afghanistan Anymore Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will not give advice to the Afghan government regarding peace and reconciliation anymore.
"Now Im not giving any advice to the Afghan government, because it would call it interference," Khan said while speaking at a public gathering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistani... |
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Attack On Afghan Ministry Leaves Seven Dead The center of Kabul city witnessed a complex attack by at least four gunmen on Saturday after months of relative calm in the Afghan capital amid accelerating efforts for the peace process.
The attack started with a suicide bombing outside the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology... |
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Russian And Tajik Leaders Discuss Afghanistan Russias President Vladimir Putin met his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon on Wednesday and discussed security issues Central Asia is facing, including ‘threats coming from Afghanistan, Russian news agencies reported.
"We thoroughly discussed the security situation in Central Asia, including... |
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Cases of Torture Reduce in Afghanistan Prisons: UNAMA In its latest report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan published today, the UN documents an encouraging reduction in the number of cases of torture since 2016 but notes its ongoing concern at the high number of detainees who continue to report torture and ill-treatment.
The... |
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Taliban had considered a reduction in violence in Doha talks: sources The Taliban group had considered a reduction in violence in Doha talks which was organized ahead of the announcement of spring offensive by the group last Friday, sources privy of the development said.
The Taliban political leaders reportedly made the commitment during a meeting with Gen. Scott Miller,... |
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UN Condemns Taliban Announcement of Spring Offensive Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned the announcement by the Taliban of a spring offensive, which will only result in more unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people, the UNSC said in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement said that the members of the Security Council... |
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List Of Qatar Delegation Not All-Inclusive: Say Critics Hours after the Afghan government announced a "finalized" list of Qatar delegation, some critics said the 250-member list requires to be inclusive and that it should represent people from all over the country.
The list shows that 90 delegates have introduced by political parties and movements and... |
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Jirga Preparations On Track Amid Waves Of Oppositions Despite opposition by some of Afghanistans mainstream political parties and six presidential candidates, officials from the High Peace Council on Tuesday said that preparations for the Grand Consultative On Peace are underway and that at least 15,00 delegations been finalized so far.
The Jirga is... |
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Trump warns ICC against prosecuting Americans, Israelis for war crimes US President Donald Trump has warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) of "swift and vigorous response" if the Hague-based tribunal investigates Americans and Israelis for war crimes.
Trump issued the warning on Friday after ICC judges rejected a request by the court’s prosecutor... |
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Afghan Forces Push Back Taliban Attack on Kunduz City Afghan security forces have pushed back a Taliban attack over the capital of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Saturday.
Enamuddin Rahmani, a spokesman for Kunduz police said that Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack from four directions over Kunduz city early on Saturday morning.
He... |
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Khalilzad condemns Taliban Reckless Offensive Announcement The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said that the Talibans spring offensive announcement is "reckless" and is in "indifference" to the demands of Afghans for peace.
Khalilzad said in a tweet on Friday that the Taliban announcement is "irresponsible" and that... |
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Taliban Offensive Announcement Illegitimate: ARG The Presidential Palace, also known as ARG, in a statement on Saturday condemned the Taliban’s announcement of the so-called spring offense and said it is an evident sign of the will of the group to continue the “illegitimate” war in Afghanistan.
The statement says that the... |
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Qatar Meeting Postponed For April 19 The meeting between Afghan politicians and the Taliban which was initially scheduled for April 14 was postponed to April 19 as per the decision of the newly-established Reconciliation Leadership Council - which is chaired by President Ashraf Ghani, the Presidential Palace confirmed in a statement on... |
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Abdullah Sees A Role For Taliban If They Quit Violence Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah says the Taliban can be part of a political process and that they can represent the people of Afghanistan at any level if the group gives up violence.
"The minute they joined the political process, they give up violence, they cut their ties with terrorist groups and... |
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Pakistani PM and US CENTCOM Chief discuss Afghanistan Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday met with the U.S. CENTCOM Chief General Kenneth McKenzie Jr in Islamabad.
According to a statement released by Prime Minister House of Pakistan, the two sides held talks regarding ongoing efforts to end the conflict in Afghanistan.
The statement further... |
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Ghani Welcomes EUs Stance On Afghan Peace President Ashraf Ghani in a statement appreciated the European Unions stance on the Afghan peace process a day after the EU vowed to support the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan and act as a guarantor of a peace process.
The EU Council on Monday discussed the situation in Afghanistan with a special... |
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US House Urges Briefing By Khalilzad On Afghan Peace The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives in a letter has called for a briefing by the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who left Kabul on Sunday after a series of talks with Afghan leaders, politicians and civil society members.
"Representative... |
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Three US Service Members, One Contractor Killed In Bagram Three US service members and one contractor were killed, and three US service members were wounded by an improvised explosive device near Bagram Airbase on Monday, April 8, the Resolute Support confirmed in a statement.
The wounded service members were evacuated and are receiving medical care, the... |
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Abdullah Says Fighting Terrorism Needs Collective Efforts Chief Executive Abdullah Abdulla addressed a debate on "Radicalization: Lessons from the Past" on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Middle East and North Africa in Jordon where he stressed the need for joint efforts of all governments in fighting terrorism and extremism.
"We cannot realistically... |
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Afghanistanian Govt to Form Peace and Reconciliation Council: Abdullah Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said on Saturday that an initiative is underway which will lead to the establishment of a council on peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.
In an interview with Turkeys TRT World news agency on the sideline of the World Economic Forum in Jordan, Abdullah said,... |
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Govt Proposes Lists For Negotiating Team, Reconciliation Council The Afghanistanian government has prepared two lists of 22 individuals for peace negotiations with the Taliban and a list of 37 people as members of the Council for Reconciliation.
The lists were discussed in the first meeting of the Reconciliation Council at the Presidential Palace on Sunday.
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