Karzai backs out of talks with US

Taliban fighters shot and killed an important leader of a pro-government militia near Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan today. Militants fired indiscriminately at Misri Khan and other members of the "peace lashkar" in Adezai area, located 35 km from ...

quotes and background) By Hamid Shalizi and Dylan Welch KABUL, June 19 (Reuters) - - Senior Afghan officials accused the United States on Wednesday of breaking written assurances to Kabul that a new Taliban office in Qatar would not be used as a de facto ...

KABUL, June 19 (Reuters) - - The United States has given Afghanistan written assurance that the new Taliban office in Qatar does not constitute political recognition for the Islamist group, senior Afghan officials told Reuters on Wednesday. Afghan President ...

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Afghan security forces have taken control over the security of their country. The Taliban have announced plans to continue carrying out attacks, even as they prepare for peace talks with the US. Afghanistan has reached a turning point. The ...

not for "Islamic Emirate" The Taliban office opened in Doha to facilitate peace talks does not carry the name of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," as it appeared earlier, Qatar said on Wednesday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai denounced as a ...

DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters) - The Taliban's spokesman in Qatar, addressing a key issue in upcoming Afghan peace talks, said on Wednesday there was no clear definition of terrorism but suggested the Islamist group would one day clarify what it ...

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The US will meet the Taliban in Qatari capital Doha for talks on the peace process in Afghanistan, US officials said Tuesday. "The US will have its first formal meeting with the Taliban, and indeed the first meeting with the Taliban for several ...