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Taliban and Afghan peace negotiators have agreed on a code of conduct to safeguard against the risk of any breakdown in talks that began last month in Qatar to bring an end to decades of war, three o
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ISLAMABAD, September 28 (Reuters): Senior Afghan peace official Abdullah Abdullah arrived in Pakistan on Monday for meetings in a country seen as vital to the success of Afghan talks aimed at ending decade
KABUL, September 25 (Reuters): The daughter of an Afghan coal miner has come top in the country's university entrance exam and set her sights on becoming a doctor. Shamsia Alizada, 18, came first ou
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, September 24 (Reuters): In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a fresh outlet for her decades of advocacy - a new fitness centre
HERAT/KABUL, September 23 (Reuters): Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people by the names of their fathers, calling for mothe
WASHINGTON, September 22 (Reuters): The level of violence in Afghanistan is unacceptably high and the United States expects further setbacks during talks, the Special Representative for Afghanistan said on
KABUL, September 21 (Reuters): At least 57 members of the Afghan security forces were killed and dozens injured in overnight clashes with Taliban fighters across Afghanistan, security officials said on Mon
KABUL, SEPTEMBER 17 (IANS): A Taliban spokesman said that the militant group will not agree to a ceasefire unless the peace negotiators can discuss the main cause of the Afghan war, the media reported on Thursd
KABUL, September 14 (Reuters): Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insurgent
DUBAI, September 13 (Reuters): Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban to wish them success during peace talks taking place
KABUL, September 9 (Reuters): A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least
KABUL/PESHAWAR, September 8 (Reuters): U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has held a meeting in Doha with the head of the new Taliban team due to open peace talks with a team representing the Afghan
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, September 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): In a small village in northern Afghanistan, nestled in barren mountains and cut off from main roads, Arsam points to what is left of his hou
KABUL, September 7 (Reuters): Afghan negotiators have pushed back a planned trip to Doha for long-awaited peace talks with the Taliban as logistical issues are still being worked on in the Qatari capital,
Kabul, August 29 (IANS): At least 44 Taliban militants have been killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province as security forces stepped up operations in the area, an army statement said on Saturday. Accordin
KABUL, August 27 (Reuters): Taliban fighters killed four civilians on Thursday during clashes with Afghan forces in the central province of Parwan, amid rescue work after flash floods claimed more than 150
KABUL, August 26 (Reuters): A violent flash flood killed more than 70 people and destroyed hundreds of homes just north of Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, officials said. The floods swept throug
KABUL, August 25 (Reuters): Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing three people and wounding 41, the defence ministry said, despite steps towards
KABUL, AUGUST 21 (IANS): Taliban militants have shut down a health clinic in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, it was reported on Friday. In a letter issued to the doctors and staff, the Taliban warned no
KABUL, AUGUST 20 (IANS): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said that "all barriers and excuses have been removed" ahead of the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban. Addressing security force
