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Afghan govt accused of misuse of Covid-19 funds

Amid reports of a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, the Kabul government is facing mounting criticism over alleged misuse of international funds to battle the pandemic, the media

October 10, 2020

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Trump pulls all troops out of Afghanistan by Xmas

Reduction of troops and to pull the country out of “endless wars”, have been a part of Trump’s re-election campaign promises…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump has hinted that American

October 8, 2020

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Abdullah says peace talks will be difficult

Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, has said that the talks between government and the Taliban will be difficult, stating that the Afghan team will face issues that

September 18, 2020

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Much-awaited intra-Afghan talks begin tomorrow

The Qatar government has announced that the much awaited intra-Afghan talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban will begin in Doha on Saturday. “The Afghanistan peace negotiations will commence in Doha

September 11, 2020

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Afghan Vice President escapes blast

The Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh escaped a bomb attack here on Wednesday morning, an official said. “The bomb blast targeted vehicles of First Vice President Amrullah Saleh. Some last vehicles

September 9, 2020

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Afghan peace talks likely to begin next week

Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, said he was confident that the much awaited intra-Afghan talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban will begin next week.

August 28, 2020

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Taliban delegation arrives in Pakistan ahead of peace talks

Amid the extending wait in the initiation of the all-important intra-Afghan dialogue, a Taliban delegation arrived in Pakistan to discuss the way forward towards the Afghan peace process. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,

August 24, 2020

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BEIJING, April 27, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the leaders' roundtable meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, April 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei/IANS) by .

Pakistan sanctions Taliban to evade FATF blacklisting

At a time when Afghan Taliban, the United States and the Ashraf Ghani government of Afghanistan are on the verge of initiating the intra-Afghan dialogue, Pakistan government has issued a statutory notification,

August 22, 2020

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SARI PUL, Feb. 17, 2019 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security force member stands on a military vehicle during a military operation in Sayad district of Sari Pul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2019. Afghan government forces have killed 20 militants and overrun a main base of the Taliban outfit in Sayad district of Afghanistan's northern Sari Pul province following fierce fighting, provincial police chief Abdul Karim Baqizoi said Sunday. (Xinhua/Mohammad Jan Aria/IANS) by .

Terror groups join hands to sabotage Afghan peace process

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Pakistan-based terror group, has merged with its splinter groups Jamat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) and Hizb-ul-Ahrar (HuA) in Afghanistan to re-align and re-establish itself to carry out terror activities aimed at

August 19, 2020

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Rockets strike Kabul on Independence Day

Fourteen rockets hit a diplomatic district and other neighbourhoods of Kabul on Tuesday injuring a total of 10 people, as Afghanistan marked its 101st Independence Day, a spokesman of the Interior Ministry

August 18, 2020

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