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Unable to make progress, US, Taliban meet again today

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S.Muddasir Ali Shah
On
Jan 23, 2019 - 10:12
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): US and Taliban representatives are meeting again in Doha today (Wednesday) in an effort to achieve badly-needed progress on key issues including foreign forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan . Two days of negotiations between...
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Soften stance on dialogue with Kabul, Taliban asked

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S.Muddasir Ali Shah
On
Jan 22, 2019 - 09:03
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A rightwing Pakistani politician has asked the Taliban to soften their stance on talks with the Afghan government. The call was issued by Jamiat Ulema -i-Islam (JUI-S) leader Maulana Hamidul Haq, son of Maulana Samiul Haq who was...
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Taliban resume peace talks with Khalilzad in Qatar

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Mohammad Asif Ahmadzai
On
Jan 21, 2019 - 19:25
KABUL (Pajhwok): Taliban representatives resumed talks with US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Qatari capital Doha, the militant group said in a statement.
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Taliban seize 2 oil tankers along with drivers in Jawzjan

By
Hamid Tamkin
On
Jan 20, 2019 - 18:34
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Suspected Taliban militants have seized two oil tankers and their drivers from a major highway in northern Jawzjan province, local officials said on Sunday. Deputy governor Eng. Abdul Rahman Mahmmodi told Pajhwok Afghan News...
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No talks with US delegation in Islamabad, say Taliban

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S.Muddasir Ali Shah
On
Jan 19, 2019 - 08:35
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Despite stepped-up efforts by Pakistan , the Taliban have refused meeting US President Donald Trump’s point man for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad. “We want to make it clear that we will not hold any meeting with...
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Taliban judge reconciles with govt in Kapisa

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Bakhtar Safi
On
Jan 18, 2019 - 21:29
MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A Taliban judge has reconciled with the government in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, local officials said on Friday. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Mualvi Azizur Rahman Safi, an...
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Taliban kidnap district’s court chief in Parwan

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Farid Tanha
On
Jan 17, 2019 - 11:07
KABUL (Pajhwok): Suspected militants have kidnapped court chief for Shinwari district of central Parwan province, an official said on Thursday. Wahida Shahkar, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Sahar Gul head of the court...
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5 Afghan soldiers, 7 rebels killed in Faryab violence

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Qutbuddin Kohi
On
Jan 16, 2019 - 18:02
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Local officials on Wednesday said five Afghan soldiers were killed by Taliban militants in Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province. On the other hand, seven Taliban insurgents including a commander of the group were killed...
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Taliban warn of pulling out of negotiations with US

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Pajhwok
On
Jan 16, 2019 - 10:09
KABUL (Pajhwok): Taliban militants have warned of ending negotiations with the United States if it continues to expand the agenda agreed between the two sides. In November, the insurgent movement recalled, the US and Taliban had agreed on the...
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Jawzjan clash leaves 37 dead and wounded

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Hamid Tamkin
On
Jan 13, 2019 - 17:45
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): At least 17 Taliban militants and seven pro-government fighters have been killed during a clash in Aqcha district of northern Jwajzan province, an official said on Sunday. Another 10 militants and three uprising members were...
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Nangarhar activists ask Taliban to talk with Afghans

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Yousuf Zarifi
On
Jan 13, 2019 - 16:39
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Civil society activists in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday called on the Taliban militants to arrive at an intra-Afghan dialogue and don’t work for the advantage of others. The activists at a press conference in Jalalabad,...
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Taliban’s shadow district chief among 12 killed in Balkh airstrike

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Pajhwok reporter
On
Jan 13, 2019 - 16:05
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Taliban designated chief for Zari district of northern Balkh province has been killed along with 11 of his comrades during an airstrike in Sholgar district of the province, officials said Sunday. Mohammad Hanif Rezayee...
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28 Taliban, Daesh fighters killed in Badghis airstrikes

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Storai Karimi
On
Jan 13, 2019 - 13:49
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): At least 18 Taliban and 10 Daesh rebels have been killed in NATO airstrikes in the Jwand district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Sunday. Jamshed Shahabi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News...
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Taliban’s foreign meetings mean their recognition: MPs

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Baseer Fitri
On
Jan 12, 2019 - 21:30
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan lawmakers on Saturday said Taliban ’s meetings with foreign countries should not be allowed if they did not involve Afghan government officials because it was the question of the government’s legitimacy. The lower house or...
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Iran foreign ministry officials speak Taliban tongue: Murtazavi

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Jan 10, 2019 - 16:35
KABUL (Pajhwok): Deputy presidential spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazavi on Thursday said Iran’s foreign ministry officials these days acted ‘like Taliban spokesmen.’ On his Facebook page, Murtazavi wrote “If Iran believes in a political settlement (in...
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Ahead of Doha meeting, Taliban rule out truce deal

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S. Mudassir Ali Shah
On
Jan 08, 2019 - 09:54
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Senior Taliban leaders, sticking to their stance on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan , have ruled out announcing a ceasefire in their upcoming negotiations with the United States. The two days US-Taliban talks...
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Taliban abduct Wolesi Jirga candidate in Baghlan

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Pajhwok Report
On
Jan 06, 2019 - 16:12
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Suspected Taliban militants have abducted a Wolesi Jirga candidate in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province, the governor said on Sunday. Abdul Hai Nimati told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban gunmen abducted...
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Taliban’s deputy district chief killed in airstrike

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Qutbuddin Kohi
On
Jan 06, 2019 - 14:36
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A Taliban deputy district chief has been killed during an airstrike in northwestern Faryab province, the military said on Sunday. In a statement, the 209 th Shaheen Military Corps said Mullah Hayatullah, Taliban’s deputy chief for...
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17 Taliban rebels killed in Uruzgan operation

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Jan 05, 2019 - 17:51
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least 17 Taliban insurgents have been killed during an operation in central Uruzgan province, officials said Saturday. A statement from 205 th military corps in south of the country received by Pajhwok Afghan News said...
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US pullout rumours to affect talks with Taliban

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Pajhwok
On
Jan 05, 2019 - 10:39
KABUL (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump’s reported orders to the Pentagon to initiate withdrawing half of America’s troops from Afghanistan are largely exaggerated, says UK-based weekly magazine. The Economist wrote the reports appeared plausible...
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