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Iranpress: Afghan President signs decree to release 1,500 Taliban fighters

Afghan President signs decree to release 1,500 Taliban fighters

Wednesday, 11 March 2020 09:25

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a move to launch direct talks with the armed group to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan.

Iranpress: Secret Accord with the Taliban: When and How US Would Leave Afghanistan

Secret Accord with the Taliban: When and How US Would Leave Afghanistan

Monday, 09 March 2020 11:28

In a secure facility underneath the Capitol, members of Congress stopped by all last week to review two classified annexes to the Afghan peace accord with the Taliban that set the criteria for a critical element of the agreement: What constitutes enough "peace" for the United States to withdraw its forces?

Iranpress: Afghan forces to launch offensive unless Taliban stops attacks

Afghan forces to launch offensive unless Taliban stops attacks

Monday, 09 March 2020 06:41

The Afghan forces will go into the offensive unless the Taliban movement stops its attacks in the coming days, Defence Minister Asadullah Khalid said on Sunday.

Iranpress: Taliban sets conditions for talks with Afghan gov

Taliban sets conditions for talks with Afghan gov't

Saturday, 07 March 2020 11:33

Tehran (IP) - The Taliban on Saturday announced the continuation of peace talks with Afghan government on Tuesday, subject to all its demands to be met.

Iranpress: Commentary: US pushes forward Taliban Peace Talks, despite bloody week in Afghanistan

Commentary: US pushes forward Taliban Peace Talks, despite bloody week in Afghanistan

Saturday, 07 March 2020 10:59

With less than three days to go before peace talks are to begin in Afghanistan between that nation's authorities and the Taliban insurgency, things are not looking promising.

Iranpress: ISIS claims responsibility for terrorist attack in Kabul

ISIS claims responsibility for terrorist attack in Kabul

Friday, 06 March 2020 21:22

Kabul (IP)- In a statement, the ISIS terrorist group (also known as Daesh terrorists) claimed responsibility for Friday's terrorist attack on a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Afghan politician and an ethnic Hazara leader, Abdul Ali Mazari, in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

Iranpress: Taliban denies involvement in attack on Mazari memorial

Taliban denies involvement in attack on Mazari memorial

Friday, 06 March 2020 14:35

Kabul (IP)- A Taliban spokesman in a tweet on Friday denied the group's involvement in the attack on a memorial ceremony for the former leader of the Party of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan in the capital, Kabul.

Iranpress: Blast rocks western Kabul, Afghanistan

Blast rocks western Kabul, Afghanistan

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 08:07

KABUL (IP) - An explosion rattled the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday 11 February 2020, according to an Afghan security official, with casualties feared in what appears to be the first major attack in the city in months.

Iranpress: Two US forces killed in Afghanistan

Two US forces killed in Afghanistan

Saturday, 11 January 2020 18:05

Two US forces were killed and two others injured on Saturday in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Iranpress: Twenty-three Afghan forces killed in Taliban attacks

Twenty-three Afghan forces killed in Taliban attacks

Wednesday, 01 January 2020 12:00

Twenty-three Afghan forces were killed in overnight attacks by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's northern provinces of Kunduz, Balkh, and Takhar.

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