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The women at the Afghan Women’s Network criticize the undercover decisions made about the Afghan peace and are concerned in this regard. They ask all the involved sides in the Afghan peace process to consider engaging the Afghan women, men, and youth in any peace agreement, the ceasefire in the …

U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting with his cabinet officials and other senior security advisers on Friday and discussed the status of negotiations with the Taliban over the troop pullout from Afghanistan and prospects for a political settlement to end the long-term war in the country. Trump held the …

The U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with his top national security advisers on Friday to review a US-Taliban peace plan that could end America’s longest war in Afghanistan, CNN reported. According to two sources familiar with the planning, CNN reported that Trump is expected to meet at …

The officials at Kabul Municipality says that they are preparing the city on occasion of the country’s 100th Independence Day anniversary. “The Kabul Municipality tries to celebrate the country’s independence day in its perfect way using our existed facilities; therefore, installing lights on the streets is going on in addition …

The U.S. military in Afghanistan has rejected the reports of limitations in the U.S. operations against the militants in the country.  A spokesman for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, Sonny Leggett said that no changes have been brought to the U.S.’s mission in Afghanistan. “Resolute support remains committed to supporting …

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed Khan has said on Monday that his country might redeploy troops from the Afghanistan border to the Kashmir frontier, a shift that could complicate American peace talks with the Taliban, the New York Times reported. In an interview with the New York …

President Ghani addressing on occasion of Eid-ul-Adha says that Afghanistan is not any one’s gift to Afghans and the Afghans themselves make decisions regarding the important national issues.   He stresses that any decisions regarding Afghans is their own business and no foreigner country can make decisions about Afghanistan’s future. …

The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday that the United States is ready for “a good agreement” with the Taliban. The U.S. Envoy arrived in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to resume talks with the Taliban representatives. A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid said …

The U.S. is set to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan as part of an initial peace deal to end the long-term conflict in the war-weary country, the U.S. news agencies reported. According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration is preparing to reduce its troops in Afghanistan from nearly …

General Joseph Dunford, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in his trip to Kabul says that no change has come in the mission of NATO against the Taliban and all the facilities will be provided to the NATO forces if needed. Dunford describes the fighting against terrorism as …

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Yousef Al-Othaimeen expressed deep concern following recent suicide attacks in Afghanistan that resulted in civilian casualties, In a statement released on Wednesday, OIC said that the recent surge in violence and indiscriminate suicide attacks in Afghanistan have caused a number of …

Sarwar Danish, the Second Vice-President of the country, says that the Taliban’s Talks with the United States will not end the current war in Afghanistan. “It would be nothing but a vision if the Taliban think that they can reach peace and win only by negotiating with the United States …

According to statistics of the United Nations, at least 93,000 civilians have been killed or injured (93,448 victims, 32,695 killed, 60,753 wounded) in Afghanistan since 2009 through March 2019 as the result of war and violence. The terroristic groups are considered as the reason behind the civilian causalities; however, the …

According to a member of the Taliban’s negotiating delegation, the peace agreement will be signed and publicized in the presence of the international community, regional countries, and media after being finalized. “The agreement will be revealed in presence of the international testifiers once finished,” said Suhail Shahin, a member of …

The fourth intra-Afghan meeting is supposed to be held in four to six weeks in one of the regional countries. The officials of the National Security Directorate (NDS) say that Hamdullah Mohib, the advisor of NDS, has discussed the participants’ list and agenda of the upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations in his …

Representatives of China, Russia, and the United States held their 3rd consultation on the Afghan peace process in Beijing, where they encouraged all parties to take steps to reduce violence leading to a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire that starts with intra-Afghan negotiations, the U.S. Department of State said in a …

Following Doha and Moscow meetings, another intra-Afghan meeting is expected to be held in near future that will be hosted by a country in the region, sources familiar with the development of Afghan peace process said on Thursday. The Afghan government and High Peace Council hope these meetings open a …

Addressing at the Fifth Annual European Union Anti-Corruption Conference on Wednesday in Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani described the recent opportunity for peace unprecedented in the last 18-years.  “There is no doubt that this country wants peace and we will bring it,” he said. President Ghani emphasized that the peace agreement …

The airplane of the participants of the Doha intra-Afghan meeting landed in Kabul International Airport late on Tuesday. Some members of the Afghan delegation, who had just returned from a two-day meeting with the Taliban officials in the capital of Qatar, had smiles on their faces and were carrying gift …

The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation on Tuesday headed to China after concluding talks with the Taliban representatives in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Khalilzad made the announcement in a tweet, adding that from China he will return to Washington “to consult and report” on the Afghan peace process. …