(TOLO News): The negotiating teams of both sides of the peace negotiations have held seven contact group meetings, but could not agree on two disputed points. The contact groups have not held any meetings for the last six days, according to TOLOnews’ Karim Amini who reports on the talks from Doha. The Taliban demand recognition
(ATN News): Addressing a gathering in Paktika on Saturday, Ghani said: “Taliban are negative forces and they show their presence by killing people.” He urged the Taliban to become a positive force and said “let’s put hands together to bring security across Afghanistan.” “All people demand peace. Without peace, any development would be difficult but
(Gulf Times): Afghanistan President Dr Mohamed Ashraf Ghani will arrive in Doha Monday on an official visit to the country. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet the Afghanistan president at the Amiri Diwan Tuesday to discuss the bilateral relations and ways to enhance them.
(Afghanistan Times): Two military attorneys and a civilian were killed in two separate attacks Sunday in Kabul city, police confirm. The incidents took place Sunday morning in eastern parts of the capital in PD 16 and PD 8, Ferdaws Faramarz, Kabul police spokesman said. Shah Mahmoud Miakhil, deputy defense minister also confirmed that two of
(TOLO News): According to the statement, the president is accompanied by First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, lower house and upper house members and several other high-ranking government officials. The statement said that heads of prominent Afghan media are also accompanying the President. Ghani will
(TOLO News): Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday, Abdullah said Pakistan played a key role in the start of Afghanistan’s peace negotiations and now it has a more important role in helping to end the process successfully and to stand with the people of Afghanistan. He reiterated that the time
(The New Arab): The Afghan official overseeing Kabul's efforts to forge a deal with the taliban-have-returned-to-battlefield-top-afghan-official" Taliban arrived on Monday for a three-day visit to Pakistan, the influential neighbour considered vital to the peace process. Abdullah Abdullah, previously Afghanistan's chief executive, was meeting senior officials in Islamabad for the first time as chair of his
(Afghanistan Times): The snippets of information emanating from the intra-Afghan talks in Doha indicate that snail-paced progress is being made in the talks which are aimed at paving the way for more substantive negotiations. Both sides reported that contact groups of negotiating teams in Doha held yet another meeting on Sunday evening to discuss issues
(Daily Times): Foreign Minsiter Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday assured the visiting Afghan leader Dr Abdullah Abdullah that Pakistan will not inch back in extending facilitation to Afghanistan for resumption of peace.
(DAWN): At a Webinar in Washington this week, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation also said that the Pakistani leadership “has been sending the right messages” for the success of Afghan peace talks. “We have offered to meet with Iranians on this issue,” said Mr Khalilzad while responding to a question about Iran’s role in