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Working to leverage pressure on Taliban: Gen. Dunford

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Pajhwok Monitor
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Nov 18, 2018 - 14:28
KABUL (Pajhwok): Top US military officer Gen. Joseph Dunford said Saturday the United States and its NATO partners were working to leverage pressure on the Taliban to negotiate a political solution to the Afghanistan crisis. Chairman of the Joint...
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Militants driven out of some villages in Jaghori, Malistan: MoD

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Nov 17, 2018 - 18:24
KABUL (Pajhwok): Military operations in the Jaghori and Malistan districts of southern Ghazni have been going on with security forces making advancement by clearing some villages, an official said on Saturday. “Our forces are in a state of progress...
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Khalilzad again meets Taliban representatives in Qatar

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Nov 17, 2018 - 17:53
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some sources on Saturday said the US’s Special Representative for Reconciliation in Afghanistan Zalmai Khalilzad met with the Taliban for a second time in Qatar. Some domestic and international news outlets have said that Khalilzad...
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15 Taliban killed, 14 wounded in separate operations

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Ajmal kakar
On
Nov 17, 2018 - 15:49
KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 15 Taliban have been killed and 14 wounded during security operations in northern Baghlan and Takhar provinces and northeastern Kunduz province, a statement from military corps said Saturday. The statement from 209 th...
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Man’s body found with Taliban letter in Nimroz

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Muhammad Ramin
On
Nov 16, 2018 - 12:38
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Taliban gunmen pulled out a man from a passenger vehicle and shot him dead in the Khashrud district northwestern Nimroz province, the district chief said on Friday,
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9 ANA soldiers killed in Taliban attacks in Maidan Wardak

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Ahmad Shah Erfanyar
On
Nov 14, 2018 - 18:08
MAIDAN SHAR (Pajhwok): At least nine Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and five Taliban rebels have been killed during clashes in Sayedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province, officials said Wednesday. Provincial police spokesman, Hekmat...
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5 Taliban, 3 Daesh rebels arrested in Kabul

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Sadaf Ahmadzai
On
Nov 14, 2018 - 15:12
KABUL (Pajhwok): National Directorate of Security ( NDS ) on Wednesday claimed capturing five Taliban insurgents and three Daesh or so called Islamic State (IS)’s foreign members in capital Kabul. A statement from NDS received by Pajhwok Afghan News...
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Policeman killed, 2 wounded in Faryab firefight

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Qutbuddin Kohi
On
Nov 11, 2018 - 20:10
MAIMANA CITY (Pajhwok): One policeman has been killed and two others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in the Qarghan district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Sunday. The district administrative chief Dr. Mohammad...
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‘Russia meeting a push for initiating direct government-Taliban talks’

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Nov 10, 2018 - 13:12
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) appreciated the move of any country that supports Afghanistan in establishing peace, a statement from the MoFA said on Saturday. The Russia summit on Afghan reconciliation process kicked off on...
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Taliban say won’t meet HPC delegation in Moscow

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Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Nov 08, 2018 - 17:48
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban on Thursday said their representatives would not meet with the High Peace Council (HPC) delegation at a multilateral meeting hosted by Russia to discuss Afghanistan .
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13 Taliban killed as govt forces advance in Dand-i-Ghori

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Raz Muhammad
On
Nov 07, 2018 - 23:06
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Clashes and airstrikes killed more than a dozen Taliban insurgents near the capital of northern Baghlan province during an ongoing operation, an official said on Wednesday. Another 11 Taliban rebels were injured and four...
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Continuing fight pointless, NATO chief tells Taliban

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Navid Ahmad Barakzai
On
Nov 06, 2018 - 19:45
KABUL (Pajhwok): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday called on the Taliban and other insurgent groups to stop killing their fellow Afghans, saying they must sit down at the negotiating table.
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Taliban gunmen take taxes on Kabul-Bamyan highway

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On
Nov 05, 2018 - 20:26
BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Livestock owners and traders of agricultural products in central Bamyan province say payment of taxes to the Taliban has negatively impacted their income. The traders say Taliban collect money from them in Jalriz district of...
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Taliban capture a military base in Uruzgan capital

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Ajmal Wesal
On
Nov 04, 2018 - 17:32
TERINKOT (Pajhwok): Local officials on Sunday said a joint Afghan National Army (ANA) and police forces base in Terinkot, the capital of Uruzgan province has fallen to Taliban militants. A local official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok...
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Taliban want Gen. Raziq killer’s body for copter crash victims

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Abasin Zaheer
On
Nov 02, 2018 - 21:07
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban have asked the Afghan government to give the body of Gen. Abdul Raziq’s killer to his family in return for the bodies of a helicopter crash in western Farah province.
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Taliban capture major security base in Faryab

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Qutbuddin Kohi
On
Nov 02, 2018 - 11:46
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban militants captured a key base of the public order police after an hours-long clash that left three security personnel dead and 17 others held hostage in northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday.
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Airstrikes kill 31 Taliban in Ghazni’s Qarabagh district

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Saifullah Maftoon
On
Oct 30, 2018 - 16:26
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Local officials on Tuesday said airstrikes killed 31 Taliban insurgents in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province. Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants have been ongoing in the troubled district over...
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Taliban in full control of 8 Ghazni districts

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Saifullah Maftoon
On
Oct 29, 2018 - 19:19
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Taliban have been in full control of at least eight districts and partially control five other towns in southern Ghazni province, a public representative said on Monday. Deputy provincial council head, Amanullah Kamrani, told...
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Taliban shot dead population registration official in Ghor

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Pajhwok reporter
On
Oct 27, 2018 - 12:37
FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have shot dead head of population registration department in the Shahrak district of western Ghor province, officials said on Saturday. A credible security source, wishing anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News...
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Taliban gun down runaway woman, boy in Ghor

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Pajhwok Report
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Oct 24, 2018 - 21:22
FIROZKHO (Pajhwok): Taliban gunmen shot and killed a woman and a boy over running away from home in Shahrak district of western Ghor province on Wednesday, an official said. Shah Pasand Pehalvi, acting Shahrak district administrative chief, told...
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