Afghanistan dismisses interior minister amid attacks, peac...
March 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani dismissed Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi, the national security council said in a statement on Friday,...
Taliban gains weigh heavy on Joe Biden's Afghanistan dilem...
The Taliban capture of Almar may have finally come with a rapid government collapse, but it had been a long time in the making.
Weeks...
Afghan government, Taliban agree to accelerate peace talks...
March 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to accelerate peace talks after Russia hosted an international conference aimed at re...
Departure of foreign contractors from Afghanistan may be ‘...
March 19 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The departure of thousands of foreign contractors from Afghanistan by 1 May, as stipulated in the February 2020 conditions-based US-Tal...
Afghanistan ready to discuss 'any topic' with Taliban: Dr...
March 19 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Head of the Afghan peace council Dr Abdullah Abdullah has said that the Afghan government is ready to discuss "any topics" with the Tal...
Russia hosts Afghan peace conference, hoping to boost talk...
March 19 ,2021
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By: Vladimir Isachenkov
Former President Hamid Karzai, left, and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, second right, attend an international peace c...
Turkish defense chief joins NATO meeting on Afghanistan
March 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Turkey’s national defense minister on Wednesday virtually attended a NATO-led meeting on Afghanistan, a country whose struggle fo...
Why the US recognises Russia as a key player in the Afghan...
March 18 ,2021
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By: Andrew Korybko
US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad will attend Thursday’s Afghan peace talks in Moscow in the strongest sign yet of...
US may miss May 1 deadline to exit Afghanistan, warns Pres...
March 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
US President Joe Biden has said that it would be "tough" to meet the deadline to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by May 1, as...
'Music is my life': ban on schoolgirls singing in Afghanis...
March 17 ,2021
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By: Stefanie Glinski
Maram Abdallah, 18, a pianist, said she has had to fight her family’s conservative attitudes to be able to play music. Photogra...
What Biden and Blinken don't want to tell Americans about...
March 17 ,2021
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By: David A. Andelman
Americans must face a harsh reality -- US troops will need to stay in Afghanistan for a very long time. That's probably not what Presid...
Qatar to join Afghan peace talks in Moscow: Official
March 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Qatar will attend a Russia-sponsored summit this week to discuss the future of war-ravaged Afghanistan, a senior official said in a sta...
Afghanistan: the end game
March 16 ,2021
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By: Shahid Javed Burki
It appears that the Americans may be finally heading towards spelling out the terms on which they would end their two-decade long invol...
Khalilzad back in Kabul after meeting Taliban in Qatar
March 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was back in Kabul on Monday where he met with Afghan leaders, including President Ashraf Ghani and Ch...
Afghan officials reverse ban on girls singing after social...
March 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Afghanistan continues to be one of the most oppressive countries for women despite decades of international aid.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A b...
US has 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than it disclosed
Facing a high-stakes choice and running out of time to make it, the Biden administration is wrestling with whether to follow through wi...
Taliban expresses scepticism over interim Afghan gov’t pro...
March 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Under the proposal, the national parliament could either be expanded to include Taliban members or suspended until after an election...
Afghanistan pins hopes for peace on Turkey talks
March 15 ,2021
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By: Shadi Khan Saif
Hailing “valuable and trusted friend” Turkey for its willingness to host peace talks, Afghanistan on Sunday said the meetin...
Russia backs plans for Afghanistan interim rule with talib...
March 13 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Russia said Friday it backed the Taliban’s integration into a future interim government in Afghanistan, as global powers ramped u...
Washington makes a last-ditch effort for peace in Afghanis...
March 13 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
Last week, an Afghan TV channel published a letter from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani articulat...
The leaked US plan to end the war in AfghanistanThe leaked...
March 12 ,2021
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By: Susannah Savage
A leaked State Department document presents the clearest picture yet of a political settlement to the Afghan conflict that would satisf...
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