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President Ashraf Ghani makes huge political offers to Afghan Taliban
*KABUL: *Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of Talibaninsurgents as a legitimate political group on Wednesday as part of aproposed...
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Afghan Taliban offer direct talks to US
KABUL – *The Taliban announced on Monday night that the group is readyfor talks with the United States and called...
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Afghan government responds to Afghan Taliban peace offer
KABUL – *The Afghan government on Tuesday said it has no preconditions forpeace talks with the Taliban and that it...
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Afghan Taliban capture police checkposts in Faryab
KABUL – Taliban have overrun police checkpoint in the Dawlatabad districtof western Faryab province, a police official acknowledged on Friday....
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Afghan Taliban Qatar office to be closed
KABUL – *Kabul has started discussions with Qatar government to close theTaliban’s office in Doha as it has had “no...
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US airstrike kills Taliban Commander along with 12 militants
KABUL – Atleast twelve Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrikeconducted by the US forces in souther Uruzgan province of...
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Afghan Taliban siege Afghan Army commando brigade in Faryab province
*KABUL – Commando brigade soldiers are under Taliban siege in Pashton Kotdistrict in Faryab, members of Faryab provincial council said...
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Afghan Taliban kill 5 police officers in attacks on police posts
GHAZNI CITY – Two police personnel have been killed and three othersinjured in separate Taliban attacks in southern Ghazni and...
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Al Qaeda recruits from India are working with Taliban in Afghanistan: UN Report
WASHINGTON: Al-Qaida in Indian Sub-continent (AQIS) recruit personnel fromremote areas of India and Bangladesh, and nearly 180 operatives of thegroup...
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Afghan Taliban kill 10 police officials, capture post and weapons
HERAT: Taliban gunmen killed at least 10 civil order police and capturedanother in western Farah province, sources said Saturday. The...