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US unveils Pentagon Plan of troops withdrawal from Afghanistan as part of deal with Afghan Taliban
KABUL – US forces could leave Afghanistan within five years under aPentagon plan being offered as part of a potential...
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Afghanistan endgame: Breakthrough in talks between US and Afghan Taliban
DOHA – The US and the Taliban have paused negotiations in Doha, with thediplomatic push aimed at ending the war...
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Afghan Army makes an unprecedented offer to Afghan Taliban
KABUL – Afghan security forces say they have always defended the nationalinterests and urge Taliban to shun violence and join...
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12 Afghan soldiers killed in a friendly airstrike by Afghan Air Force
KABUL – At least nine Afghan soldiers were killed after an airstrikemistakenly targeted their outpost in Jaghori district in Ghazni...
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Pakistan barred Afghanistan India flights over its airspace
KABUL – Afghan airliner en route to India was barred from crossingPakistan’s airspace and was forced to return to Kabul,...
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Civilian deaths in Afghanistan reach record-high in 2018: UN
United Nations says more civilians were killed last year in Afghanistan than at any time since records have been kept....
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Afghanistan government concerned over sidelined from the key peace talks
ISLAMABAD – US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad arrived inDoha, Qatar ton Monday to kick off fresh high-level talks...
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Top US envoy greet Afghan Taliban over a lunch
DOHA – The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation ZalmayKhalilzad on Monday greeted Afghan Taliban on a lunch in Qatar....
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Disgruntled Afghan leadership writes yet another letter against Pakistan to UNSC
KABUL – The Afghan government in a letter to the United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) has raised the issue of “consistent...
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Afghanistan endgame: China takes a new initiative over Afghanistan war
BEIJING – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) will form a contact group to help...