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China’s Foreign Minister calls for regional unity to stamp out terrorism
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on all parties attending the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process in Tajikistan to join forces and increase the fight against “terrorist organizations like Al-Qaida, ISIS and the ETIM until they are completely eliminated”.
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Qatar’s Special Envoy To Afghanistan In Kabul; Meets 2nd Vice-President, Foreign Minister
Special Envoy of Qatar’s Foreign Minister for Counterterrorism and Mediation of Conflict Resolution Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani arrived in Kabul on Tuesday where he met a number of senior Afghan political leaders including former president Hamid Karzai to discuss how to expedite the stalled Doha peace talks.
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Pakistan Refused To Give Military Bases To US: FM Qureshi
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that Pakistan has refused to give its military bases to the US amid the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan.
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Mistrust Between Negotiating Parties Slowing Down Peace Talks: Zalmay Khalilzad
Mistrust between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as they both have two different alternative visions for Afghanistan’s future, has slowed down the peace talks, said Us special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in an interview with The World.
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Jerusalem Violence Leads to Rockets, Air Strikes
Violent clashes over Jerusalem escalated dramatically on Monday with Gaza health officials saying at least 20 people, including nine children, were killed by Israeli air strikes launched after Palestinian militant groups fired rockets close to Jerusalem.
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Over 200 injured as Israeli police and Palestinians clash
Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday amid growing anger over the potential eviction of Palestinians from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers.
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Afghan, Taliban Teams Agree on Terms for Conducting Peace Talks
The government of Afghanistan and the Taliban group have agreed on procedural rules for peace talks to end the country’s 19 years of conflict.
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Key Al Qaeda Member Killed And IS-K, Taliban Members Arrested In Nangarhar
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said their special force unit killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior militant leader who was a key member of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), late on Saturday.
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Afghan air airstrikes in Helmand Kill 11 Al-Qaeda members
At least 11 Al-Qaeda members and two Taliban senior members killed during Afghan air forces airstrikes in Helmand province, the Ministry of Defense said.
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International Community Concerned over Threat Posed by Terrorism to Afghanistan & region
The International community along with the government of Afghanistan expressed deep concern about the threat posed by terror groups including ISIL, Al-Qaeda and others to Afghanistan and the region, said the participants of 2020 Afghanistan Conference.
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Polish Soldiers Start Implementing Pullout Plan
Polish soldiers, numbering in thousands throughout the mission, have already begun their withdrawal from Afghanistan as per the guidelines of the staff of the Resolute Support mission, said Armed Forces Branches Operational Commander General Tomasz Piotrowski on Sunday.
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Taliban Has Not Cut Ties With International Terrorism: Atmar
The Afghan foreign minister at an online meeting of members of the UN Security Council said that the Taliban has not fulfilled its obligations to the United States. “They have not cut ties with international terrorism,” Mohammad Hanif Atmar said.
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U.S. Defense Secretary: ‘All Wars Must End’
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher miller has signaled that he would accelerate American Troops withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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Continued Violence Will Jeopardize Peace: Miller
Gen. Austin S. Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said that “If the violence isn’t reduced, it’s going to make a peace process very, very difficult; it would be very difficult for any side to make the necessary compromises,” Reuters reported.
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Attacks are against the values of Islam, Atmar tells OIC chief
Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar held talks on Wednesday with Yousef al-Othaimeen, the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Saudi Arabia and discussed the current peace talks being held in Doha, Qatar.
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Israel bombs Gaza home of top Hamas leader as fighting rages
Israel bombed the home of Hamas’s chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating, Reuters reported.
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Ceasefire Should Be Established Between Afghan Government And Taliban On Eid al-Adha: Khalilzad
Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, said that he hoped a ceasefire would be established between the Afghan government and the Taliban on Eid al-Adha, during a regional conference in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent.
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With Withdrawal Of Foreign Troops From Afghanistan, Taliban Have Misinterpreted Victory: Atmar
Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said that with the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, there has been a misconception of victory for the Taliban. Atmar made the remarks on Saturday during a speech entitled “The Transforming Threat of Terrorism” at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey.
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Qataris Eye More Investment in Farah: Minister
Qatari business people are seeking to invest in the western Afghan province of Farah with an aim to upgrade the provincial airfield into an international airport, an Afghan official said Sunday.
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Taliban Keeps Close Ties with Al-Qaeda: Report
Taliban has kept up a close relationship with Al-Qaeda despite having pledged to stop cooperating with the group, according to the head of a UN panel monitoring the insurgency reported by NBC news.
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US Senator Urges For Condition-Based Withdrawal of Troops, Calls Them Insurance Policy Against Terrorism
US Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday stated that the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan should be conditions-based. In a tweet, he wrote that it was imperative for US’s national security also to let the counter-terrorism forces deployed in Afghanistan.
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Biden Nominee Will 'Thoroughly Assess' US-Taliban Deal
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration will review the peace agreement with the Taliban.
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