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  • Karzai to boycott talks with Taliban

    The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is "Afghan-led", President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday, a day after the US said it would talk with the Taliban in their new office in Qatar. Karzai said the opening of the Taliban office contradicted earlier US security guarantees to his government, BBC reported. He said that in protest he would suspend ...

  • Afghans break off talks with US on security deal

    The Afghan government Wednesday said it has suspended talks with the US on the proposed security agreement, saying America has a contradictory stance over the peace process in the country. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the US on the security agreement is suspended. The decision was taken because of US inconsistency in statements and actions in regard to the Afghan ...

  • Afghanistan calls off talks with U.S. on security agreement

    Kabul, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): The Afghan government on Wednesday announced that it suspended talks with the United States on the proposed security agreement, saying the United States had contradictory stance over the peace process in Afghanistan, local media reported. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the United States on the security agreement is suspended. The decision ...

  • US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistans future in Qatar

    The United States is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days. The development comes after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, political representatives of the Taliban will meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar. They will have discussions on ...

  • Pak offended by Karzais statement implying Pakistani institutions opposed to promoting peace

    Pakistan has expressed concern over remarks made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai against a Pakistani state institution. Karai had said that some institutions in Pakistan are opposed to promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan. While commenting on Karzai's statement, the Foreign Office spokesperson said the government of Pakistan and all its institutions have unanimity of views on issues ...


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  • 4 NATO soldiers killed in E. Afghan attack

    Kabul, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Four NATO soldiers were killed early Wednesday morning in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO- led coalition forces confirmed. "We can confirm four International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members died following an indirect fire attack in eastern Afghanistan today," the ISAF said in a press release. The release did not reveal the nationalities ...

  • No US-Taliban talks scheduled US

    The United States has not scheduled talks with the Taliban, the State Department says, after reports that discussions with the Afghan insurgent group could begin this week in Qatar."Reports of a meeting being scheduled or on the books aren't accurate," spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, saying Washington had "never confirmed" the date and place of any specific ...

  • Interview Taliban Spokesman Says Qatar Office Marks Beginning Of Political Track

    Qatar -- Muhammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan, speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha, ...

  • Kerry calls Karzai to ease anger over Taliban office

    By Sohel Uddin, Akbar Shinwari, Catherine Chomiak and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News KABUL, Afghanistan -- Secretary of State John Kerry assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the government of Qatar took down a sign board under the name of "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," adding that the United States is committed to all its agreements with the Afghan government.The Taliban office ...

  • Afghan peace process in disarray as U.S. prepares to meet Taliban

    WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, as the U.S. prepares for the end of its combat involvement. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called the talks and the Islamic movement’s opening of an office in Doha, Qatar, to host the talks an “important first step toward reconciliation,” ...

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