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New Delhi , India. September 12 Morning India: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said Afghan soil should never be used for carrying out anti-India activities and supported the need for an immediate ceasefire in order to…
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan offer to host Intra-Afghan peace talks
Doha , September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov offered on Saturday their respective countries' services to provide a platform for negotiations between the government…
Taliban releases 22 Afghan soldiers as goodwill gesture
Kabul , September 12 Morning India: The Taliban on Saturday said it has released 22 Afghan soldiers in the southern Hemland province as a goodwill gesture."Today in the Helmand province, 22 soldiers of the Kabul administration, who were…
Lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan only after govt implements ‘Islamic’ system: Taliban
Doha , September 12 Morning India: A lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan will be reached once the government system in the country becomes 'Islamic', Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, said on the sidelines of…
Intra-Afghan peace talks ‘a test for both sides’: Zalmay Khalilzad
By Reena BhardwajWashington , September 12 Morning India: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday (local time) he is hopeful that talks between the Afghan government and Taliban due to begin on Saturday…
US will decide its Afghanistan policy based on peace talks results: State dept
Washington , September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will decide on its policy and relations with Afghanistan based on the agreements reached during the upcoming peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban…
Afghanistan: Blast in Kandahar kills 2 civilians
Kabul , September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): A roadside bomb blast in the Kandahar province in the south of Afghanistan killed two civilians, a security source told Sputnik on Friday.
Taliban kill 16 Afghan servicemen in Nangarhar province
Kabul , September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban Islamist movement has attacked positions of the Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving 16 servicemen dead and some more injured, a local source told Sputnik on…
Motorbike bombing at wedding party kills 4, wounds 8 in Afghanistan
Khost , September 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people were killed and eight others injured as a motorbike bomb struck a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Haider Adel said Friday.The…
Pompeo to attend intra-Afghan peace talks in Qatar: Trump
Washington , September 11 Morning India: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will head to Doha later in the day to participate in the intra-Afghan peace talks."I can announce, with…