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ICG wants US to launch direct talks with Taliban

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Pajhwok
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Jul 21, 2018 - 12:07
KABUL (Pajhwok): Washington has been urged to empower an envoy to speak to the Taliban and clarify that US troops could leave Afghanistan if the movement and the Afghan government sign a peace deal broadly acceptable to Afghan society . At the same...
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Jawzjan: 250 dead in ongoing Taliban-Daesh clashes

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Hamid Tamkin
On
Jul 18, 2018 - 19:22
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Hundreds of Taliban and Daesh gunmen have been killed during ongoing clashes between the sides in Darzab district of northwestern Jawzjan province, local officials claimed on Wednesday. The officials said around 250 fighters on...
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Daesh, Taliban driven from several Nangarhar villages

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Yousuf Zarifi
On
Jul 17, 2018 - 17:19
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Security officials in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday claimed driving Islamic State and Taliban militants from several villages in Chaparhar and Batikot districts. The villages in Chaparhar --- Ghulam Dak, Trili, Gazak,...
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54 freed as Taliban jail in Musa Qala raided

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Zainullah Stanikzai
On
Jul 17, 2018 - 10:24
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 54 people, including security personnel, have been released from Taliban ’s captivity in southern Helmand province, the military said on Tuesday. A statement from the 215 th Maiwand Military Crops said the security...
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2 Afghan soldiers, 5 Taliban killed in the east

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Yousuf Zarifi
On
Jul 15, 2018 - 15:29
JALALABAD/ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and five Taliban militants have been killed in separate incident of violence in eastern Laghman and Kunar provinces, officials said on Sunday. Sherin Agha Faqiri, spokesman for...
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Taliban militants recapture 7 Jawzjan villages

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Hamid Tamkin
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Jul 13, 2018 - 15:29
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban militants recaptured seven villages after fierce clashes with security forces and uprising members in Faizabad district of northern Jawzjan province, sources said on Friday. The clashes broke out on Thursday afternoon in...
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NATO asks Taliban to engage in Afghan-led peace process

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Jul 12, 2018 - 18:30
BRUSSELS (Pajhwok): NATO leaders on the day two of their summit here on Thursday reiterated their call to the Taliban to engage credibly in the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process -- the only pathway to a sustainable resolution. The call from...
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Saudi ulema meeting ‘an American plan’: Taliban

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Abasin Zaheer
On
Jul 12, 2018 - 14:55
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban have rejected a recently concluded two-day international ulema conference on Afghanistan in Saudi Arabia as ‘a meeting arranged with US orders.’ The government of Saudi Arabia hosted the international ulema conference on...
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15 schools closed in Pul-i-Alam after Taliban threat

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Abdul Maqsud Azizi
On
Jul 11, 2018 - 15:17
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Reacting to a military operation, Taliban militants have closed 15 girls and boys schools in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, officials said Wednesday. Logar provincial council head, Hasibullah Stanikzai, told...
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Nobody reserves right to call us terrorists: Taliban

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Pajhwok
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Jul 10, 2018 - 13:16
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban on Tuesday hit out at the International Conference of religious scholars in Saudi Arabia, saying no one reserved the right to call them terrorists. Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have...
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10 including 4 security personnel killed in Ghazni attacks

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Saifullah Maftoon
On
Jul 07, 2018 - 15:04
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have conducted 12 attacks in some districts and the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants...
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Take decisive steps against Taliban, US tells Pakistan

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Pajhwok
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Jul 07, 2018 - 12:09
KABUL (Pajhwok): Talks are ongoing to persuade Pakistan to take sustained and decisive steps against the Taliban and to encourage them to join the peace process, a top US diplomat says. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells told reporters...
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2 Taliban bomb experts detained in Nimroz

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Muhammad Ramin
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Jul 06, 2018 - 17:32
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Security forces have arrested two alleged Taliban bomb experts in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Friday. Nimroz police spokesman Mohammad Omari told Pajhwok the two were detained by police while planting roadside...
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Foreign troops on Afghan soil ‘main issue’: Taliban

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Hakim Basharat
On
Jul 06, 2018 - 14:12
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban on Friday rejected as a government propaganda that they were ready to enter peace talks with the Afghan authorities, saying such statements were aimed at deceiving the people. The Taliban’s reaction comes a day after...
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Taliban capture 4 security posts in Balkh raids

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Pajhwok
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Jul 06, 2018 - 13:42
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Taliban militants staged overnight raids in the Chamtal district of northern Balkh province, capturing four security posts and large areas, public representatives and residents said on Friday. Balkh provincial council chief...
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Ceasefire remains in effect in Logar’s Azra district

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Abdul Maqsud Azizi
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Jul 04, 2018 - 17:22
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The ceasefire between government forces and Taliban militants ‘is still in place’ in the Azra district of central Logar province, a claim the rebels rejected. The Afghan government and the Taliban had formally ended their...
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Taliban kill 2 border policemen, 6 arrested in Takhar

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Zalmai Ashna
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Jun 30, 2018 - 14:32
TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Two border police personnel have been killed and six others captured alive by Taliban militants in the Dashti Kala district of northeastern Takhar province, an official on Saturday. Abdul Qayyum Qane, the district’s administrative...
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Enter direct negotiations with Afghan Taliban, US urged

By
S.Muddasir Ali Shah
On
Jun 30, 2018 - 10:20
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The United States has been urged to enter direct negotiations with the Taliban to help promote a negotiated settlement of the 17-year war in Afghanistan . A peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban would involve...
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22 Taliban killed in Ghazni clashes: police

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Saifullah Maftoon
On
Jun 27, 2018 - 15:50
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Twenty-two Taliban militants have been killed and scores of others wounded during separate clashes with security forces in southern Ghazni province, an official said Wednesday. Provincial police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal...
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Ghani ready for negotiations with Taliban anywhere

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Jun 27, 2018 - 15:25
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has once again reiterated his willingness to talk peace with the Taliban anywhere they wanted and accept their legitimate demands. Ghani’s reiterated his stance on peace talks during a meeting with High Peace...
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