Rejecting US peace plan, Afghan president to offer electio...
March 24 ,2021
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By: Hamid Shalizi
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will propose a new presidential election within six months, under a peace plan he will put forward as a c...
US to consult with NATO allies on Afghanistan pullout plan...
March 24 ,2021
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By: Ayaz Gul
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a news conference at a NATO Foreign...
Afghan Foreign Minister in India for talks
March 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mohammed Haneef Atmar arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a three-day visit to discuss,...
Does Biden really want to end the forever wars?
US Marines and Afghan commandos in Afghanistan in 2017
“A decade of war is now ending,” proclaimed the Ame...
US defense chief visits Afghanistan and meets President Gh...
March 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin walks on the red carpet with acting-Afghan Minister of Defense Yasin Zia as they review an honor...
Why is it so tough to leave Afghanistan?
March 22 ,2021
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By: Mark Hannah
Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by Erin Scott for The New York Times and Getty Images
As his two predecessors did,...
7 Killed in Various Security Incidents in Kabul in 24 Hour...
March 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
At least seven people were killed and three more were wounded in various security incidents in Kabul in the last 24 hours....
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...
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