Tag: Taliban
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Support for Taliban must cease for Afghan peace
The Taliban have no intention of participating in elections but desire the country on a platter. The Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh stated that his country's fate cannot be decided by ‘20 people in a room.’
April 6, 2021 -
Heart of the matter
The significance of Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s stand articulated at the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, needs to be seen against this backdrop.
April 2, 2021 -
Taliban shadow governor arrested: Afghan govt
Taliban militants, who ruled the country before being ousted in late 2001, renewed armed insurgency, killing government troops as well as civilians.
January 31, 2021 -
Afghan-Taliban negotiators agree on procedural rules for Doha talks
The contact groups have held five meetings so far to discuss rules and regulations as well as the agenda of the negotiations.
December 3, 2020 -
Mayhem and peace
The silver lining thus far is that the Taliban, as part of what it called a “goodwill gesture”, has released 22 Afghan soldiers in Helmand province.
September 15, 2020 -
Mike Pompeo, Taliban deputy leader discuss intra-Afghan talks
The talks come as both Afghan government and Taliban have released hundreds of prisoners following the signing of peace deal between Washington and Taliban earlier this year.
August 4, 2020 -
7 killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan; several injured
On Sunday night, four civilians and five police officers and six militants were killed and eight people wounded after Taliban attacked Iamam Sahib district's police station.
July 15, 2020 -
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns Taliban against attacks on Americans
Earlier, the Taliban provided an account of the call, saying that Baradar told Pompeo that the guerrillas "do not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against the US and other countries."
July 1, 2020 -
UN envoy optimistic about prospects for peace in Afghanistan
Lyons also voiced concern over the impact of COVID-19 on the livelihood of Afghans.
June 26, 2020 -
US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad calls for immediate start of intra-Afghan talks
The US-Taliban deal signed in Qatar on February 29 calls for the release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners to open the way for intra-Afghan negotiations.
June 12, 2020 -
Taliban’s ally
For India, the report reaffirms the perception that Pakistan remains the “epicentre of terrorism”, if the immediate response of the Ministry of External Affairs is any indication.
June 6, 2020 -
UN report proves Pakistan is hub of global terrorism, says India’s foreign ministry
The 25th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al Qaeda and associated individuals and entities, was submitted to the UN Security Council.
June 3, 2020 -
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Mike Pompeo discuss peace efforts
Pompeo and Ghani agreed to work on the details of the peace process in the coming days, with the Afghan government in particular emphasizing the undeclared ceasefire mechanism that sets out the rules of the game, he added.
June 2, 2020 -
Journalist killed in roadside bombing in Kabul
Saturday's blast is the latest militant attack targeting journalists in Afghanistan.
May 31, 2020 -
Afghan govt, Taliban continue prisoner swap talks
The agreement called for the Taliban to release 1,000 detained Afghan security force members.
May 30, 2020 -
14 Afghan security force members killed in attack, Taliban claims responsibility
Afghan officials confirmed the attack in the early hours of Friday had killed 14 Afghan security force members.
May 29, 2020 -
7 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack, 3 injured
The clash came a day after a three-day ceasefire between Taliban militants and government security forces ended on Tuesday night.
May 28, 2020