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US senator wants reports on Russian bounties declassified

A vocal American lawmaker has urged the Biden administration to declassify intelligence on alleged Russian bounties on US troops fighting in Afghanistan. In June last year, a major US newspaper reported that Russian military intelligence had offered Taliban…

Ghani calls for US-Afghan efforts to battle terror

KABUL and the United States, calling for joint efforts to battle the scourge. At a meeting with US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Presidential Palace on Monday evening, Ghani said a general consensus existed for peace but a ceasefire and…

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Taliban yet to shun violence, says US senator

KABUL have to give up violence, cut ties to Al-Qaeda and recognise the government in Kabul as part of a possible peace deal, says an influential US lawmaker. Sen. Tom Cotton said in an interview on Friday. "Obviously, we will…

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Shaheen wants Afghan women to be part of talks

KABUL and chart a better future for the country. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen issued the call in response to a query at a foreign relations hearing on Wednesday as to how women would be included in governing a post-war Afghanistan. WCAX…

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Influential US senator backs troop pullout from Afghanistan

KABUL. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, announced last week her plans to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. In an interview with MSNBC television, she said: “I think it is right to get our troops out of…

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John McCain blames America for Afghanistan troubles

KABUL. In an interview with a Pakistan television station posted online Friday ahead of a July 4 trip to Islamabad, McCain said he believed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was a vast improvement on his predecessor, Hamid Karzai. “I don’t blame…