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Apr 20, 2019
Seven killed in suicide blast in Afghanistan's Kabul; explosion comes day after collapse of peace talks
Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned the attack in a statement, saying the enemies of Afghanistan, by targeting civil servants, are trying to create terror among the people. -
Apr 12, 2019
Donald Trump administration reviewing assistance to Pakistan as Islamabad plays crucial role in US-Taliban talks
With Islamabad playing a crucial role in peace talks with the Taliban, which may ultimately result in the withdrawal of the 14,000 US troops from the war-torn Afghanistan, the Trump administration seems to be reviewing its aid policy to Pakistan -
Apr 05, 2019
Jaggi Vasudev calls Muslim student a 'Talibani' at LSE event, students' union condemns language as 'Islamophobic'
The LSE student union issued a statement condemning the alleged comments of Vasudev calling a Muslim student during an interaction a 'Talibani'. -
Mar 30, 2019
Afghanistan vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum survives Taliban attack, one of his bodyguards killed
Dostum, a powerful ethnic Uzbek leader, is notorious in Afghanistan for extreme barbarities and for repeatedly switching loyalties over 40 years of conflict. -
Mar 13, 2019
US envoy says 'real strides' made in longest Taliban talks, but no agreement on troop withdrawal process
The talks focused on the withdrawal of US troops and assurances that insurgents would not use Afghanistan's territory to stage future terrorist attacks — one of the initial aims of American policy in the wake of the 9/11 attacks back in 2001. "Progress was achieved regarding both these issues," said a Taliban spokesman. -
Mar 12, 2019
Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says 'progress' made at ongoing Taliban-US talks in Qatar
The talks between US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives have gone on days longer than initially expected. The US had asked Pakistan to assist in its efforts to find a negotiated peace with the Taliban to end the longest war in American history. -
Mar 11, 2019
Where friends turn foes and foes turn friends
At Moscow peace talks, Afghan leaders who fought each other and the Taliban found themselves on the same side -
Mar 11, 2019
Dutch journalist Bette Dam's book reveals Taliban chief Mullah Omar lived just three miles from major US base Afghanistan
Washington believed the one-eyed, fugitive Taliban leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omar was in fact living just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base in his home province of Zabul before his death in 2013 -
Mar 08, 2019
US general says Pentagon has recieved no direction to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
The Pentagon has not received any order from President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from war-torn Afghanistan, a top US commander said on Thursday. -
Mar 07, 2019
Afghanistan: Three killed, 22 injured in mortar attack on political gathering in Kabul; Islamic State claims responsibility
The attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Kabul represents a major security breach and marks a resumption of violence in the capital after weeks of calm amid ongoing peace talks between the US and Taliban in Doha.
