(The Washington post): Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was the deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2012 to 2014, responsible for U.S.-Taliban negotiations, and was principal deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2014 to 2015.The United
(RFE/RL): Peace talks to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan continued on August 27 as potentially fateful dialogue to allow the United States to wind down its deployment entered their fifth day in the Qatari capital of Doha. AFP reported discussions lasted into the night as Taliban and U.S. representatives were seen “shuttling between the
(International THE NEWS): The US and Taliban officials have been negotiating in Qatar since last year on an agreement centred on the withdrawal of US forces, and an end to their longest-ever war, in exchange for a Taliban guarantee that international militant groups will not plot from Afghan soil. US negotiators have been pressing the
(NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW): ISLAMABAD -- As the U.S. and Afghanistan's Taliban militants head toward a long-awaited peace deal, China and its Belt and Road Initiative are looming larger over the Central Asian country's future. The U.S. and the Taliban "seem to be close to an agreement which, for the first time, could bring a cease-fire
(Afghanistan times) KABUL: Local officials in northern Afghanistan say that the Taliban militants had killed Sayed Aleem Sadati, a member of the provincial council member for Samangan, after abducting him in the neighboring province of Baghlan. The officials said that Sadati was abducted along with four others by the Taliban fighters on Saturday morning in
(KHAAMA PRESS): airstrike killed the head of Kangaroo Courts of Taliban in south-eastern Ghazni province, the local authorities said.The Provincial Governor’s Office said in a statement that the security forces conducted an airstrike in Deh Yak district on Sunday. The statement further added that the airstrike killed Fateh Khan, the head of Kangaroo Courts of
(Afghanistan times) KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai condemned with the strongest terms an airstrike conducted by the US air force in Logar province. The attack was launched on residential areas, according to witnesses, who said several civilians including women and children were killed and injured. Karzai once again called for an immediate stop of military
(The koria times): The Embassy of Afghanistan in Seoul celebrated the country's centenary of independence from Great Britain last week. The celebration came in the lead-up to the Afghan presidential election on Sept. 28, which is being overshadowed by negotiations between the United States and the Taliban to end the 18-year war. Afghan President Ashraf
Monday, August 26, 2019 Kabul (BNA) President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and his accompanied delegation performed Umrah during an official visit to Saudi Arabia. After Tawaf al Umrah l and praying in Masjid al Haram, the country’s President prayed for lasting peace and stability, consolidation of national unity, prosperity of Afghanistan people and the Muslim Umrah.
Monday, August 26, 2019 Kabul (BNA) In a meeting with the country’s president at Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) expressed his full support to the peace talks and the presidential election in Afghanistan, a statement from the Presidential Press Office said Sunday. At the meeting,