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September 11, 2020
Pompeo, Afghan Delegation Reach Qatar For Peace Talks

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said upcoming Afghan peace talks are likely to be “contentious,” but that they are the only way forward if Afghans are to find peace after decades of conflict.

September 11, 2020
Taliban Siege Cuts Off Remote Afghan District

The United Nations says an estimated 6,000 residents of Chinarto, a remote district in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, cannot access medical services and face food shortages because of the road closure by the Taliban.
September 11, 2020
Pompeo Says Afghan Peace Talks Likely To Be 'Contentious'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said upcoming Afghan peace talks are likely to be “contentious,” but that they are the only way forward if Afghans are to find peace after decades of conflict.
September 11, 2020
Biden Says Would Keep Small U.S. Troops Presence In Afghanistan, Iraq

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says if he is elected he will maintain a small troop presence in Afghanistan and Iraq to help battle terrorism in the war-ravaged countries.
September 11, 2020
Why Did The Taliban Appoint A Hard-Line Chief Negotiator For Intra-Afghan Talks?

The Taliban has appointed an ultraconservative cleric as the group's chief negotiator for intra-Afghan peace talks.
September 10, 2020
Afghan Team, Taliban To Start Peace Talks On September 12

Long-delayed peace talks between Taliban and Afghan government negotiators are set to kick off in Qatar on September 12, officials and the militant group say.
September 05, 2020
Khalilzad Departs For Qatar, As Afghan Government, Taliban Express Readiness For Talks

The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, has departed for Qatar, as both the Afghan government and the Taliban expressed their readiness to start peace talks.
September 02, 2020
Afghan Peace Negotiators To Fly To Qatar As More Taliban Prisoners Freed

Afghan officials say the government is dispatching a delegation to Qatar ahead of long-delayed peace talks after authorities pressed ahead with the release of Taliban prisoners.
September 01, 2020
Afghanistan Releases More Taliban Prisoners

Afghan officials say they have released about another 100 Taliban prisoners on September 1 as part of a prisoner swap meant to clear the way for the start of peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban.
August 31, 2020
Afghan President Faces Pushback After Naming Members To Reconciliation Council

Abdullah Abdullah, the former chief executive officer of Afghanistan's unity government, said President Ashraf Ghani doesn’t have the authority to appoint people to the body tasked with leading peace talks with the Taliban, raising questions about how quickly those negotiations can progress.
August 30, 2020
Afghan President Names Reconciliation Council Members To Push Talks With Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has revealed the names of the appointed members and leaders of the country’s High Council for National Reconciliation, a body tasked with leading peace negotiations with the Taliban.
August 28, 2020
Freed Taliban Fighter Calls For 'Flexibility' In Looming Afghan Peace Talks

A recently freed Taliban fighter has called for "flexibility" in peace negotiations that are expected to start soon between the militants and the Afghan government.

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