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Taliban Must Have No Hope Of Winning On Battlefield: CIA Chief The CIA director say if history is to be a guide, then very low expectations should be set for Pakistans willingness to cooperate with the US in fighting terrorism.
The United States will do everything it can to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table in Afghanistan, but Pakistan must first deny... |
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America Is Not Going Anywhere As Long As Taliban Decide to Join Peace Talks :Tillerson US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the American forces will remain in Afghanistan as long as the Taliban militant group has not decided to join a peace process and form a government that suit the needs of the culture of Afghanistan.
"It is about a commitment, a message to the Taliban and other... |
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Over 100 Security Force Members Killed In Three Taliban Attacks Questions raised over excessively high casualty toll among security force members in just three attacks in three days.
In the past three days, three deadly attacks carried out by the Taliban against Afghanistanian security forces - in Paktia, Ghazni and Kandahar provinces - have claimed the lives of... |
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UN Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Paktia The UN Security Council said in a statement that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes a threat to international peace.
The members of the Security Council issued a statement late Wednesday condemning in the "strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks" that took place... |
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Pakistan Unveils First Section Of Durand Line Fence Pakistani army officials on Wednesday unveiled the first section of a fence along the de facto border, despite Afghanistans objections to this move.
A senior Pakistan Army officer on Wednesday unveiled the first phase of a fence that will run along the Durand Line, in a move that Pakistan hopes will... |
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Insurgents Kill Over 40 Soldiers In Kandahar Humvee Bombing The Taliban has carried out yet another massive suicide bombing attack against a security forces facility, this time at an Afghanistanian National Army base in Maiwand district in Kandahar province.
According to security officials 43 soldiers were killed, nine were wounded, two are unharmed and six... |
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President Ghani Warns Taliban at Abdyanis Funeral Afghanistanian President Ghani at funeral of Toryalai Abdyani, the Police Chief of Paktia on Wednesday warned the Taliban that the government and people will stand together against the group if not join peace process.
"We want peace and are extending hand of peace, if [they] repeat such brutalities,... |
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At Least 41 Killed, 158 Injured in Paktia Attack At least 41 people including the police chief were killed and 158 others wounded when militants attacked the police headquarters in eastern Paktia province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.
The two car bomb attack targeted police training centre attached to the headquarters in Gardez, the provincial... |
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Rabbani Calls For Fundamental Reforms Acting foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani said at a gathering in Badakhshan province on Monday that if fundamental reforms are not made in the governments political structure, the last 15 years worth of achievements will be threatened.
Rabbani and Bismillah Mohammadi, the former defense ministry went... |
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Kabul Expects Positive Results From Quadrilateral Meeting The Sixth Quadrilateral Meeting was held in Muscat, Oman, on Monday and was attended by representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States, said the Afghan foreign ministry.
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said the quadrilateral meeting between the four countries will improve... |
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Russia massively funding Taliban to fight NATO forces: Report The Russian intelligence agencies have stepped up aid to the Taliban insurgents to fight the NATO-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, it has been reported.
Certain Taliban sources have told a British newspaper, The Times, that the group mainly receives the funding in a covert way, involving large quantities... |
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Oman To Host Quadrilateral Meeting Monday The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Sunday that the sixth Quadrilateral Meeting between Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will be held in Oman on Monday.
According to the foreign ministry, deputy foreign ministers of the four countries will attend the meeting and will hold... |
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CEO Inaugurates Projects In Laghman Province Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday visited Laghman province where he inaugurated a number of development projects and announced plans for others at a total cost of over 192 million AFs.
Abdullah said at a gathering in the provincial capital Mehtarlam city, that he was proud to take part in... |
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Freed Couple Settling In To Normal Life In Canada Freed hostage Joshua Boyle was photographed playing with his son in his parents garden after the family was rescued.
Canadian Joshua Boyle, who along with his wife, Caitlan Coleman, a Canadian, and their three children, recently rescued from Haqqani network after being held hostage for five years,... |
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Failed Truck Bombing in Kabul Planned By Haqqani Network in Pakistan: Police Failed "major" truck bomb attack in Kabul City was planned by Haqqani Network in Pakistan, police said Sunday.
The laden-truck packed with 500-700 kilograms of explosives was detected from the citys Police District 5 on late Saturday. The driver of the vehicle was injured in a shootout after he did... |
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Role Of National Governments Discussed In Herat Dialogue Security officials, politicians, diplomats and representatives from 19 countries and international organizations participated in the sixth Herat Security Dialogue on Friday where they discussed the ‘role of national governments - which was the theme of this years conference.
The two-day conference... |
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Karzai warns of growing US-Russia rivalry in Afghanistan, slams Taliban for destructions The former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai warned regarding the growing rivalries between the United States and Russia in Afghanistan as he once again reiterated his opposition towards the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia.
Speaking to reporters during a press conference in Kabul, Karzai... |
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Quartet to meet in Oman to revive Afghan peace talks with Taliban The four-nation Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QGC), comprising Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States, are expected to hold a meeting in Oman next week to revive stalled peace talks involving the Taliban militant group.
A senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry official confirmed on Wednesday... |
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Islamabad Taken No Action on Given List of Pak-Based Terror Camps: MoD Pakistan has not taken any action on a list of 32 terrorist training camps and 85 militants that was handed over to Islamabad by Kabul earlier this year, Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
"We have provided 85 targets to Pakistan, but they havent taken any action. Pakistan should eliminate those terrorists... |
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Hekmatyar accuses supporters of federalism for attempting to spark ethnic violence The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has accused the supporters and those demanding federal system for hatching conspiracies and attempting to spark ethnic violence in the country.
In his meeting with the local tribal elders of Paktia province, Hekmatyar once again expressed concerns regarding... |
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Moscow To Host SCO Contact Group Meeting On Afghanistan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Tuesday that Moscow will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) contact group meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday.
According to the foreign ministry, the meeting will be attended by the deputy foreignministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization... |
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Karzai to ask govt leaders for Loya Jirga regarding new US strategy The former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is expected to ask the Afghan government to convene a Loya Jirga, grand council of the tribal elders, to discuss the new US strategy for Afghanistan.
In an interview with the BBC Pashto service, Karzai said he will ask the government leaders in coming to... |
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Gen. Raziq confirms Taliban chiefs visit to Helmand The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq confirmed the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada visited southern Helmand province nearly ten days ago.
Gen. Raziq said a number of the members of the Quetta Council of the Taliban as well as some operatives... |
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Taliban reacts in panic as Black Hawk helicopters handed over to the Afghan forces The Taliban group reacted in panic regarding the handover of the first batch of the modern UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan security forces.
The Taliban group spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid in a statement said "US commander & Ashraf Ghani must remember that our fight is not based on technology... |
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Taliban chief attempting for cease fire with ISIS group The Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada has reportedly started efforts to end the conflict with Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group.
A source in South of Afghanistan privy of the development has said the leader of the Taliban group has instructed his fighters to end the war with the terror... |
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President Ghani likely to visit Pakistan after Pak delegations Kabul visit President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is expected to visit Pakistan in the near future amid reports the visit will take place on invitation of Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwas invitation.
The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar has told news outlets in Afghanistan and Pakistan that the... |
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Taliban says not tired of war as US-led invasion enters its 17th year The Taliban militants are saying that the group is not tired of war as the US-led invasion that toppled the regime of the group has entered to its seventeenth year.
The group in a statement claimed that they represent the Afghanistan nation and call on the American forces to withdraw.
The statement... |
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Electoral Commissioners Under Fire By Coalition Council The Cooperation Council of Political Parties and Coalitions on Sunday called on government to fire the chairmen of the electoral commissions and all the commissioners because of their allegiance to government which they said would affect their neutrality during elections.
Members of the council said... |
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US Hands Over Two More Black Hawks To AAF The US Air Force handed over two Black Hawks to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) at an official ceremony in Kandahar on Saturday.
President Ashraf Ghani and US Forces Commander Gen. John Nicholson attended the event at the Kandahar Airport, the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Saturday.
Other Black... |
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Former President Karzai slams US new policy on Afghanistan Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lambasted the United States new policy toward his country, saying it carries a "message of war and bloodshed" in the region.
Karzai made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Urdu on Wednesday, adding he believed that Washingtons new policy "has some hidden... |
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