KABUL: Afghanistan and the United States will issue a joint declaration to emphasise U.S. commitments for Afghanistan on Saturday, the day the U.S. and Taliban are scheduled to sign a deal in Doha. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and NATO chief Stoltenberg will come to Kabul tomorrow to announce the declaration with President Ghani, presidential […]Read More
KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf met with National Unity Government leaders on Monday as tensions continue to rise between electoral campaign teams. President Ashraf Ghani has created a special commission for the ceremony of his swearing-in and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has also set up a separate […]Read More
When will the ‘jang’ (fighting) stop, asks an Afghan widow from the four-decade-old conflict. A seven-day ‘Reduction in Violence’ agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban is in place. If that holds, a deal is expected to be signed in Doha on February 29. Meanwhile, a country is crying out for peace. Afghanistan is not […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A reduction of violence deal between the Taliban, U.S. and foreign forces as well as the Afghan security personnel has been agreed to from midnight of February 21/22. This will be monitored for a week before an expected U.S.-Taliban agreement signing in Doha on February 29. India’s ex-Ambassador to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhaya and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When it rains it pours. The drying up of clarity over electoral uncertainty for almost five months and suspenseful skepticism about stop-start talks with the Taliban for over 14 months has turned into a deluge of claims and counter-claims in Afghanistan. The official final results of the Presidential election give Ashraf Ghani a […]Read More
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