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US-Taliban talks offer glimmer of hope on path to Afghan peace

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Admin

Insurgents demonstrate their commitment by naming top commander as chief negotiator

Taliban and US negotiators have reportedly agreed parts of a potential peace deal a day after the Afghan insurgents signalled their commitment to talks by naming one of their most senior commanders as chief negotiator.

News of progress in the Qatar talks, and the appointment of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, appeared to offer for the first time in nearly two decades a glimmer of real hope for a path to peace in Afghanistan.

Taliban kill ‘more than 100 people’ in attack on Afghan military base

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Admin

Attackers detonated car bomb inside complex in Maidan Wardak province, say officials

The Taliban have launched a major attack on an Afghan military compound in central Maidan Wardak province, officials have said, with some putting the death toll at more than 100 people.

Monday’s incident at a campus of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in recent months by the Taliban, which has seized control of about half of Afghanistan.