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Revenge if Covid-19 harms our prisoners: Taliban

KABUL have warned of seeking revenge if their prisoners were infected with coronavirus or killed by the pandemic. The warning comes after 47 prisoners were infected with the virus. The inmates, including a woman, are being held in different jails.…

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Taliban reject truce, accuse US of violating pact

KABUL forces of violating the agreement signed in Doha. Zabiullah Mujahid, the group spokesman, said in a statement that despite the fact that American and internal officials continuously violated the peace agreement as common people lost their lives in daily…

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Government releases 55 more Taliban prisoners

KABUL prisoners, an official said on Thursday. Javed Faisal, spokesperson for the National Directorate of Security, the release of the Taliban prisoners amid at support from peace process and fight against coronavirus considering the age, health condition and period…

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3rd batch of 100 Taliban prisoners walks free

KABUL prisoners have been released as part of efforts to advance the peace process and check the Covid-19 spread. The Taliban inmates were freed on Saturday in compliance with President Ashraf Ghani’s March 11 decree, NSC spokesman Javid Faisal Pajhwok…

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US general, Taliban leaders talk cut in violence

KABUL’s political office in Qatar. US military Sonny Leggett confirmed to Radio Free Europe on Saturday that Gen. Austin Miller met "select Taliban leaders" in Doha The meeting, which took place late on Friday, was part of the military channel…

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Taliban’s governor for Maidan Wardak injured

Taliban’s shadowy governor for central Maidan Wardak was among eight others injured in an airstrike  that killed another four insurgents, the provincial government said Thursday. The airstrike was carried out on Thursday afternoon in Pathankhel village of…

100 Taliban prisoners released under Ghani’s decree

KABUL prisoners Wednesday as part of efforts to advance the peace process and check Covid-19 spread. The Taliban inmates were released in compliance with President Ashraf Ghani’s March 11 decree, a statement from the Presidential Palace said, adding the prisoners…

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100 Taliban prisoners being freed today: NSC

KABUL prisoners today (Wednesday), a National Security Council (NSC) official says. NSC spokesman Javid Faisal told AFP: "We are doing our part in the agreement. The peace process should move forward." Additional inmates would be freed depending on Taliban’s response,…

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Deadlock on prisoner swap mere posturing: US

KABUL is mere posturing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists on Tuesday he expected issues would arise as the two sides moved toward formal intra-Afghan negotiations. “There was no doubt that there would be steps forward and steps backward,”…

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No more talks with govt on prisoner swap: Taliban

KABUL on Tuesday said their technical team would not attend “fruitless meetings” with the government as the prisoner release process was delayed on one pretext or the other. Spokesman for Taliban’s Qatar office Suhail Shaheen wrote on his Twitter account,…

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Washington, Kabul violate peace pact: Taliban

KABUL have accused the US and Afghan governments of violating the peace agreement signed on February 29 in Qatari capital Doha. The United States and the Taliban signed the confidence building peace pact on ending the war in Afghanistan in Doha after both sides…

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Government, Taliban set to exchange prisoners

KABUL prisoners are set to be swapped for 20 government security personnel today (Thursday) as part of an understanding between the two sides, A well-paced source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News a three-member Taliban delegation discussed the issue with government…

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Taliban prisoners’ release postponed indefinitely

KABUL prisoners’ release process would not commence tomorrow (March 31) as earlier scheduled. Earlier, the government and the Taliban had agreed to start swapping prisoners on March 31. However, NSC spokesman Javid Faisal told Pajhwok Afghan News that the prisoner swap process…

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Taliban kicks off coronavirus campaign in Nangarhar

The Taliban have launched coronavirus awareness campaign in areas under their control in eastern Nangarhar province. The Taliban have brought together some villagers in the Sherzad district’s Patlo village where masks, gloves and soaps were distributed to…

Pajhwok obtains list of 5,000 Taliban prisoners

Pajhwok Afghan News has obtained the list of 5,000 Taliban prisoners who the group wants to be released before intra-Afghan talkLast month, the Americans and the Taliban signed a landmark peace agreement, under which all foreign troop will…

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Taliban refuse to negotiate with Kabul team

KABUL on Saturday refused to negotiate with the team announced by the Afghan government for intra-Afghan talks, saying the team not included all factions. Taliban spokesman Zabuhullah Mujahid said the group would not negotiate with the team as it was…

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‘Taliban delegation soon in Kabul for talks on prisoners’

KABUL delegation may arrive in Kabul in coming days for talks on the release of prisoners, a well-place government source said on Friday. The Taliban Qatar Office Spokesperson Suhail Shaheen told reporters that their delegation will enter Kabul on…

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Govt, Taliban to discuss swapping prisoners

KABUL are expected to hold a video conference in the presence of Qatar, the US and Red Cross representatives on prisoners releases today (Wednesday). Spokesman for Taliban’s political office in Doha Suhail Shaheen tweeted that the video conference would take…

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’79 Taliban fighters, 15 soldiers killed in last 2 weeks’

Local officials say 79 Taliban militants and 15 Afghan security personnel have been killed during the last two weeks in southern Helmand province. Helmand governor, Mohammad Yasin Khan, talking to a press conference in Lashkargah, the provincial capital,…

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Khalid orders resumption of anti-Taliban operations

The security forces have been directed to resume operations against the militants plotting attacks against them The acting defence minister issued the orders on on Thursday, saying there had been no decline in attacks by the enemy. Asadullah…

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Taliban commander among 4 civilians killed in separate incidents

A Taliban commander was killed in a blast in eastern Nangarhar province while three people were killed during a firefight between two families in Laghman province, officials said on Thursday. Governor Spokesperson Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News…

Mohib warns Taliban over escalating violence

KABUL do not reduce their violence. The US and Taliban signed a peace deal in Doha last month following a week of reduction in violence period that saw the violence downing 95 percent across the country. But after the deal,…

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Taliban allow Hewad Company’s services in Paktia

The Taliban facilities in southeastern Paktia province to resume functioning, an official said on Wednesday. The Taliban banned health facilities in the province after the Hewad Contract holder companies refused to accept their demands. The Taliban, however, said…

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Govt-Taliban talks must start soon: AIHRC north

The Afghanistan to end the ongoing conflict through talks. Mohammad Samih, AIHRC head for northern region, met with civil society’s rights activists and youths in Mazar-i-Sharif City, the capital of northern Balkh province, and urged reduction in violence.…

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