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Taliban declare Eid holiday ceasefire as Afghan violence soars
In the latest, the interior ministry said on Monday that at least 11 people were killed by a bomb that struck a bus overnight in southeastern Zabul province.
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Thousands of Afghans flee homes as fighting erupts after US pullout
Afghan forces pushed back insurgent attacks on multiple checkpoints in the past 24 hours itself in the province of Helmand where the US military on Sunday handed over a base to government forces.
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Biden sees Afghan withdrawal this year but not by May deadline
The Islamist insurgents in turn promised to open peace talks with President Ashraf Ghani's government, although there has been little sign of headway since the meetings began in September in Qatar.
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Taliban say US must meet troop withdrawal deadline
Biden on Wednesday cast doubt on meeting the deadline, saying he was in the process of deciding when troops would leave.
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Biden facing 'serious dilemmas' on Afghan troop withdrawal: US official
The new US leader has ordered a review of the deal Washington cut with the Taliban last year, which promised the withdrawal of all foreign forces by 1 May in return for security guarantees from the militants.
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Afghan VP vows to track down Kabul attackers
The attack came hours before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to meet with negotiators from the Taliban and Afghan government in Qatar, amid signs of progress in talks between the two warring groups.
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US envoy says Taliban agree to reduce Afghan casualties
Khalilzad said that he and General Austin Miller, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, met several times with the Taliban to discuss "strictly adhering" to the terms of the agreement.
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Nearly two decades after US invasion, Afghans fear Taliban return
Nineteen years after their brutal Islamist regime collapsed, the Taliban are pushing for a return to power, having signed a landmark troop withdrawal deal with Washington in February and currently holding peace talks with the Afghan government.
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At Afghan peace talks, the hard work begins
Negotiations will be arduous and messy, delegates warned during the opening ceremony, and are starting even as deadly violence continues to grip Afghanistan.
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Nato hails Afghan talks as 'historic opportunity'
The talks are being held in a hotel conference room in Doha, where chairs were dotted at socially distanced intervals facing a banner emblazoned with the words 'Afghan Peace Negotiations' in four languages.
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Afghan girl who killed Taliban gunmen 'ready to fight again'
Qamar Gul, 15, killed the militants when they stormed her home last week in a remote village in the central province of Ghor.
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Top Democrats ask US spy chiefs for briefing on Russia bounty reports
The New York Times report, which has been confirmed by several American and British media outlets, said that US intelligence concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill troops of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan to free 900 more Taliban prisoners
The pause in fighting, which came into effect on Sunday to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr was, for the most part, holding across the country, officials said.
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Afghan president to free up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners after ceasefire offer
President Ashraf Ghani also said the government was ready to hold peace talks with the Taliban after accepting their offer of a three-day truce over the Eid al-Fitr holiday starting Sunday that marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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At least 27 killed in attack on Afghan political rally: officials
The attack highlights the glaring lack of security in the heavily fortified Afghan capital just 14 months ahead of the scheduled withdrawal of all foreign forces under an agreement signed on February 29 by the US and the Taliban.
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Uncertainty looms ahead of US-Taliban deal signing
The agreement will likely be heralded as marking the start of a hopeful new era for Afghanistan, which has seen 40 years of conflict.
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US-Taliban breakthrough appears closer as Ghani reports progress
Washington and the insurgents have been locked in gruelling talks that have stretched over more than a year for an agreement that would see the US pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan in a bid to end America's longest war.
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US bombing of Afghanistan hits 10-year high
In 2019 alone, the US dropped 7,423 separate munitions on targets in Afghanistan, where the US has been enmeshed in fighting several militant groups since it invaded the country following the 11 September 2001 attacks.
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Report: Taliban aim to sign deal with US by end of month
The Taliban and the US had been negotiating the deal for a year and were on the brink of an announcement in September 2019 when President Donald Trump abruptly declared the process 'dead'.
