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UN Security Council endorses US-Taliban peace deal

3:04 pm March 11, 2020

United Nations: The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming the recent deal between the US and the Taliban to bring lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home from America’s longest war. The US-Taliban peace deal was signed in Doha on February 29. All 15 members of the […]

Closely watching situation in Afghanistan: India

11:30 pm March 5, 2020

New Delhi: India on Thursday said it was closely watching the situation in Afghanistan following signing of a peace deal between the Taliban and the US. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also said India will continue to extend all support to the government and the people of Afghanistan in realising their aspirations for a […]

Iran opposes Afghan pact it says US had ‘no right’ to sign

9:41 pm March 1, 2020

Tehran: Iran voiced its opposition on Sunday to an Afghanistan accord between the United States and the Taliban, saying Americans had no right to decide on the country’s future. “The United States has no legal right to sign a peace agreement or to decide the future of Afghanistan,” the foreign ministry said in a statement […]

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Will be meeting Taliban leaders soon: Trump

2:35 pm March 1, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he planned to meet Taliban leaders in the “not-too-distant future”, asserting that it was time that the war against terrorism was fought by someone else, particularly the countries in the region. “I will be meeting personally with Taliban leaders in the not-too-distant future. And we will be […]

Afghan foreign minister likely to visit India this month

Peace, but not at our cost: Afghan women fear Taliban return

2:32 pm March 1, 2020

Kabul: As US troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, opening the door for a potential Taliban comeback, women across the war-torn country are nervous about losing their hard-won freedoms in the pursuit of peace. The militants were in power for around five years until the US invasion of 2001. They ruled Afghanistan with an iron fist […]