Tag: Ashraf Ghani
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US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrives in Doha, Afghan peace talks to resume soon
The sources further said that after finalizing an agreement with the US, the Taliban will commit to reducing the level of violence.
December 7, 2019 -
Thousands protest in Kabul against alleged election fraud
It also comes at a dangerous time, with the Taliban insurgency still raging and most NATO-led forces preparing to leave the country by the end of the year.
November 29, 2019 -
‘Taliban wants deal’: Donald Trump in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving
"The Taliban wants to make a deal," Trump told troops at the Bagram Air Base, where he also met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
November 29, 2019 -
Donald Trump invites Afghan President Ghani to US after talk on peace process
On Thursday, Trump spoke to President Ghani over the phone in the United Arab Emirates where Ghani was on his official visit.
November 22, 2019 -
Ashraf Ghani, Mike Pompeo discuss Haqqani militants’ release
Haqqani is the military wing of the Taliban outfit that is operational in Kabul and in the eastern region of the war-battered country.
November 19, 2019 -
62 killed in twin blast in Nangarhar Mosque in Afghanistan, dozens injured
No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack yet.
October 19, 2019 -
A flawed election
It is a measure of the crisis in governance that a section of the electorate has been sceptical about a poll that has turned out to be a rerun of the spurious tryst with democracy in 2014.
October 1, 2019 -
15 injured in blast hits Afghan polling centre
Incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are among the 15 candidates in the fray in the election.
September 28, 2019 -
Voting underway in Afghan presidential election
Saturday's presidential election is the fourth in Afghanistan since 2001 when the US troops invaded the country to oust the Taliban regime.
September 28, 2019 -
3 killed in explosion outside Ghani’s campaign office in Afghanistan
An explosive device was planted on a wall of the campaign office, which went off on Tuesday evening, an official said.
September 25, 2019 -
24 killed in blast at Afghan president’s rally, Ghani ‘unhurt’: Report
Wahida Shahkar, spokeswoman for the provincial governor in Parwan said the explosion happened at the entrance of the venue hosting the rally.
September 17, 2019 -
‘Afghan peace talks are dead’ says US President Donald Trump
Over the weekend, Trump cancelled secret plans to host a Taliban delegation in the US after the militant group admitted killing a US soldier.
September 10, 2019 -
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani postpones US visit
The development emerged after the US envoy negotiating with the Taliban, Zalmay Khalilzad, briefed Afghan officials in Kabul on an agreement "in principle" the two sides had reached following nine rounds of talks in Qatar.
September 7, 2019 -
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani to visit Washington to meet Donald Trump
His trip to Washington comes after Kabul has shown frustration about the US-Taliban deal which is ‘agreed in principle’.
September 6, 2019 -
NATO to back Afghan forces after peace deal: Envoy
Kay further said that there is a need for NATO military presence in Afghanistan until all threats are eliminated from the country.
August 29, 2019 -
US, Taliban make progress on ‘safe zones’
The Taliban has convened an internal meeting after which they will again resume discussions with the US negotiators.
August 27, 2019 -
Partial US troop pullout won’t impact Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani
"The number of troops has not been mentioned in the bilateral agreement (between Afghanistan and the US) and in multilateral agreement with NATO… Reduction or increase in the number of troops is conditions-based," Ghani said.
August 23, 2019