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  • Afghanistan to shun US peace talks with Taliban Afghanistan to shun US peace talks with Taliban

    KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...

  • Kerry calls Karzai over Taliban office issue

    US Secretary of State John Kerry called up Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse tensions over opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, an Afghan spokesperson said Wednesday. Washington and Kabul had disagreed over the new Taliban office in Qatari capital city of Doha. Karzai is now expected to continue security talks with the US, which he had suspended in protest over the office, BBC ...

  • 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 ...


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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Karzai Boycotts Taliban Talks Suspends U.S. Security Pact

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday boycotted proposed negotiations with the Taliban, saying a day after the United States announced it would hold talks with the militants that the peace process had to be Afghan-led. Hours earlier, he suspended talks with the US about its troop presence in Afghanistan after 2014 when the NATO-led coalition ends its combat mission there. The ...

  • US Scrambles to Keep Afghan Taliban Plan on Track Russia Backs Karzai

    WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – The United States scrambled Wednesday to salvage plans to bring the Taliban into Afghan peace talks while Russia threw its support squarely behind President Hamid Karzai after he angrily cancelled crucial security talks with Washington. Speaking at a news conference in Germany, President Barack Obama acknowledged early "friction" in the US ...

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