Tag: afghan
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Pakistan Keen for Afghan Peace due to High Stakes in Regional Stability: Qureshi
Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that Pakistan is keen for Afghan peace because it has high stakes in regional stability.
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6 Including 5 Brothers Killed in Armed Clash
6 people including 5 real brothers have been killed in an armed clash between two Afghan groups.
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Zalmay Khalilzad welcomes ceasefire announcement on Eid ul Azha
KABUL, July 29 (Online): US have welcomed announcement of 3-day ceasefire between Taliban and Afghan government on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. The US special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad while welcoming the ceasefire announcement in Afghanistan has appreciated the efforts for peace in Afghanistan from leadership of both sides besides praising their role. He held…
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UNHCR urges Investment in Afghan Displacement Situation
UNHCR has urged investment in the Afghan displacement situation, saying it is to achieve a decade of hope instead of despair.
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Taliban propose brief Afghan ceasefire: insurgent sources
Kabul, Jan 16 (AFP/APP): The Taliban have offered a brief ceasefire to their US counterparts in Doha, two insurgent sources said Thursday, a move which could allow the resumption of talks seeking a deal for Washington to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. “It is an offer for a ceasefire either for seven or 10 days,” a…
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Police arrest suspected Afghan woman terrorist
PESHAWAR, Dec 04 (APP):Police arrested a suspected Afghan woman terrorist from Haji Camp bus Station here on Wednesday. Superintendent Police City, Muhammad Shoaib giving details said that a female having Afghanistan nationality was arrested along with explosive material hidden in tin box from bus stand when she was going to Lahore. Police said that the…
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Migrants lose in futile game on Hungary-Serbia frontier
Subotica, Serbia, Nov 9 (AFP/APP): Asurma Arab and her family spent more than two years waiting in Serbia for their chance to cross the steel fence that Hungary erected along its border to keep out migrants. Little did the Afghan family know, their asylum plea was already a lost cause. Under amendments passed in 2018,…
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Afghan gets sentence for Amsterdam terror stabbing
The Hague, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Dutch judges on Monday sentenced an Afghan man to 26 years and eight months in jail for stabbing two American tourists at Amsterdam’s Central station in a terror attack. The 20-year-old, identified only as Jawed S., was also ordered at Amsterdam district court to pay almost three million euros ($3.3 million)…
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US recalls its envoy to Afghan peace talks; warns conditions ‘are about to get worse’ for Taliban
NEW YORK, Sep 08 (APP):The United States has withdrawn its special envoy to peace talks in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump canceled plans for negotiations with the Taliban and Afghan government at the presidential compound at Camp David in Virginia on Sunday, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. At the same time, Pompeo warned…
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UN mission chief urges end to Afghan people’s suffering, as Guterres stresses inclusive negotiations
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (APP):Amid escalating violence across Afghanistan over the past week, the top UN envoy in the strife-torn country has pleaded for an end to the fighting through a negotiated peace settlement, and an end to the “indescribable loss” suffered by victims’ loved ones. “The violence this week across Afghanistan underscores the urgency…