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Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office in search of political solution
14/11/2012 18:17 CET The Afghan Taliban has announced its opened an office in Qatar to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war. Speaking at a news conference its representative Mohammed Naeem said the Islamist insurgency wanted a political solution that would bring a just government and end foreign occupation. It also wants good relations with Afghanistan’s neighbouring ...
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Handover to Afghan armed forces marred by bungled bomb attack
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's armed forces have assumed control of the country's security from the US-led Nato coalition. The handover of responsibility last night marked a significant milestone in the nearly 12-year war and a turning point for American and Nato military forces, which will now move entirely into a supporting role. It also opens the way for their full ...
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US Taliban to meet in Doha
Washington, June 18 : The US will meet the Taliban in Qatari capital Doha for talks on the peace process in Afghanistan, US officials said ...
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Chatter Afghanistan looks after itself
Afghanistan is officially responsible for its own security . Afghan police and soldiers formally took over from NATO troops at a ceremony this morning, marking the first time in more than 20 years that goverment forces have been in charge of maintaining security throughout the whole of Afghanistan. Analysts say the main significance of today's handover-the final step in a process begun two ...
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Afghan forces take control of country’s security
Twelve years after the Taliban were toppled from power in Afghanistan, international troops have handed over responsibility for security to the country's army. But as the ceremony took place, a suicide bomb killed three people, a reminder of the constant challenge that lies ahead. ITN's Nick Thatcher ...
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Obama says Afghans must lead on peace process with Taliban
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with French counterpart Francois Hollande (unseen) during the G8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...
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Video Afghan forces take the lead
Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced in a significant milestone in the 12-year war. Charlie D'Agata ...
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Taliban opens office in Doha to hold talks
Swarnim Sankul-I: Narendra Modi's Rs 150 crore office Built at a cost of Rs 150 crore and spread across 35,000 sq ft, the four-storey building has ...
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Key milestone US Taliban to finally meet
By Jim Miklaszewski, Courtney Kube and Erin McClam, NBC News U.S. and Taliban representatives will meet soon for the first time to begin what are expected to be long and complex negotiations for a peaceful settlement to the war in Afghanistan, senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday.The officials told NBC News that the meeting will take place in the next several days in the Qatari ...
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U.S. Direct talks with Taliban to begin Thursday
Afghanistan will begin Thursday in Qatar, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday. The talks between American and Afghan representatives and a delegation approved by Taliban leader Mohammed Omar could breath new life into hopes for a political solution to the Afghan conflict, which have been on life support for nearly three years, The Washington Post reported. Senior administration officials, ...
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USA in Afghanistan To lose without losing face
In the end, ensuring the future of Afghanistan is likely to become more expensive than Washington expected, given the fact that the U.S. defense budget was reduced, and European NATO countries should comply with the policy of austerity. Since last year's presidential election, Obama administration officials say that the United States would insist on early withdrawal from Afghanistan. By the ...
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Officials US Taliban to open direct dialogue
US officials on Tuesday said that the first formal meeting involving US and Taliban representatives is scheduled to be held next week in Doha.A senior Taliban official said on Tuesday no date had been agreed for talks in Qatar on ending Afghanistan's 12-year-long war, after US officials said they would meet representatives of the Islamist insurgency next week in the Gulf ...
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UPDATE 1-Britains Cameron says U.S. is right to talk to Taliban
Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:01pm EDT ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland, June 18 (Reuters) - The United States is right to decide to hold peace talks with the Taliban on Afghanistan, although the process will be difficult, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. U.S. officials said earlier that the first formal meeting involving U.S. and Taliban representatives is scheduled to be held next week ...
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Taliban opens door to peace talks with U.S.
In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in ...
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Obama New Taliban office an important first step
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the opening of a Taliban political office in Qatar is an important first step toward reconciliation between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government. But he says the process won't be quick or easy. He's predicting there will be bumps along the ...
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United States Taliban to start talks in Qatar office
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in ...
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U.S. commander in Afghanistan skeptical Haqqanis will reconcile
Doha for peace talks. "All I've seen of the Haqqani would make it hard for me to believe they were reconcilable," General Joseph Dunford told Pentagon reporters, speaking by phone from Kabul. Earlier on Tuesday, a senior U.S. official said the Haqqanis - widely considered the most dangerous U.S. foe in Afghanistan - would be represented by the Taliban delegation in Doha. ...
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Peace talks on tap between Taliban Afghanistan
Afghan investigators and police are seen through the window of a badly damaged bus at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on June 11, 2013. A Taliban suicide car bomber on June 11 targeted staff at Afghanistan's top court, killing 15 civilians and wounding 40 others in the second attack in two days in the heavily fortified capital, police ...
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US to begin meetings with Taliban
The announcement came amid a grim reminder of Afghanistan's daily violence. A few miles from where Karzai was speaking a bomb targeted a prominent lawmaker, missed him but killed three civilians.In another key announcement, Karzai said he will soon send representatives to the Gulf state of Qatar to discuss peace with the Taliban. The talks in Doha would follow the planned opening of a ...
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U.S. to begin peace meetings with Taliban in Doha
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul June 18, 2013. Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, as the U.S.-led NATO coalition launched the final phase of the 12-year war ...
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Afghan President Agrees to Negotiate with Taliban Group
Kabul, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Afghan President Hamid Karzai today agreed that the Government hold talks with the Taliban insurgency, although abroad and without the presence of foreign forces. In an interview with the Al-Jazzeera TV channel, Karzai said that the dialogue should be carried out only between citizens of the Central Asian country and not allow foreign influence. On that occasion, ...
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US to Open Direct Taliban Talks
The US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced, as cited by BBC. The first meeting is due to take place in the next few days in the Qatari capital, Doha, where the Taliban is poised to open its long-awaited office. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government is also sending a delegation to Qatar to talk to the Taliban. The announcement ...
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Hagel Hails Milestone in Afghanistan Security
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 Praising the Afghan people for their determination and noting the sacrifices that led to achievement of the milestone, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today praised the formal transfer of security lead throughout Afghanistan to Afghan national security forces. "This critical milestone is a tribute to the determination of the people ...
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Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Milestone 2013 in Afghanistan
Earlier today in Kabul, the Afghan National Security Forces formally assumed the lead for combat operations across the country. This critical milestone is a tribute to the determination of the people of Afghanistan to take responsibility for their country's future, and it was made possible by heavy sacrifices on the part of the United States, coalition partners, and the Afghan forces. I ...
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Taliban Signal Readiness to Begin Peace Negotiations
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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Why should American troops remain in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is widely regarded, even by its own people, as a puppet state, and has little hope of breaking away from US influence in the foreseeable future, there is wide-spread resentment toward foreign troops, and increasingly loud calls in the states for a withdrawal of troops. But, like or not, these two countries have been tied together irrevocably, even before the war on terror.
Since the invasion of Afghanistan by allied forces in 2001, the country’s destiny has in many ways not been its own. Read more
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