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Zarif Meets Taliban Delegation to Discuss Afghan Peace

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with a Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the group’s Qatar-based political bureau, in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:30/November/2019 | 11:48

Tillerson Makes Unannounced Visits to Afghanistan and Iraq

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, meeting with the two nations’ leaders as he seeks to establish a stronger alliance against Iran and pursue the Trump administration’s new strategy to fight the Taliban .
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 05:39

Trump Offers Open-Ended U.S. Commitment to Shore Up Afghanistan

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump announced an open-ended commitment to Afghanistan that will put as many as 4,000 more U.S. troops into the nation’s longest-lasting conflict and keep American forces there as long as it takes to deny terrorists a haven and bring about a political settlement with the Taliban .
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Publish Date:22/August/2017 | 04:30

Qatar hosted Taliban on US request: Official

EghtesadOnline: A senior Qatari official says Qatar hosted the Taliban militant group based on a request from the United States, whose president, along with a number of Arab regimes, has been pressuring Doha over what they say is its support for extremist groups.
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Publish Date:12/June/2017 | 10:44

Bomb attack hits U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan

EghtesadOnline: Suspected Taliban insurgents on Monday attacked a U.S.-operated base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, officials said, but gave few immediate details of an assault that coincided with a visit to Kabul by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
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Publish Date:24/April/2017 | 13:20

Death toll in Afghan base attack rises to 140, officials say

EghtesadOnline: As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said.
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Publish Date:22/April/2017 | 05:51

Claim of Iran’s support for Taliban ridiculous: Lawmaker

EghtesadOnline; The head of the Iranian delegation to the 136th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has dismissed as “surprising and ridiculous” the allegation that the Islamic Republic has links with Taliban and is supporting the militant group.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 24:05

Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow - sources

EghtesadOnline: Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent attacks from Taliban insurgents and other Islamist militants.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 03:50

U.S. to send 300 Marines to Afghanistan's Helmand province

EghtesadOnline: About 300 U.S. Marines will be sent to Afghanistan's Helmand province to assist Afghan security forces battling Taliban insurgents in intelligence and logistics matters, the unit's commander said over the weekend.
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Publish Date:08/January/2017 | 13:59

Afghan Women See Little Gains 15 Years After Taliban ’s Ouster

EghtesadOnline: Fifteen years after the U.S. ousted the Taliban regime, Afghanistan remains one of the worst places in the world to be a woman, said the U.S. government watchdog who monitors the country’s reconstruction.
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Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 07:36

Taliban fighters enter northern Afghan city of Kunduz

EghtesadOnline: Taliban fighters mounted a coordinated assault on the northern city of Kunduz overnight, attacking from four directions and entering the city itself, a senior city police official said.
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Publish Date:03/October/2016 | 05:54

Taliban capture key district in Afghan north

EghtesadOnline: Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan away after days of fighting, officials said on Monday.
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Publish Date:15/August/2016 | 08:22

Taliban claims truck bomb blast in Kabul

EghtesadOnline: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack on a military and logistics services compound, mainly used by foreigners, in Kabul early on Monday after a powerful explosion was heard all around the city.
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Publish Date:02/August/2016 | 24:48