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Former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai said that serious mistakes were made by the United States in his country but held out hope that ongoing intra-Afghan negotiations with the Taliban brokered by Washington would bring lasting peace.Karzai, speaking from Kabul with Al Arabiya senior anchor Mayssoun Noueihed in a ...

WASHINGTON - As Afghanistan’s warring sides prepare to hold long-awaited negotiations next week to establish peace, Pakistan is trying to push the Taliban to come to the table in a move that experts say is an attempt by Islamabad to increase its influence in postwar Afghanistan and counter its ...

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KABUL, Afghanistan At least 14 members of a family have been killed in two landmine blasts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, officials said on Friday.The incident took place in the Spin Boldak district along the border crossing with Pakistan, police spokesman Jamal Nasir told Anadolu Agency.He said a van and a ...

KABUL, Afghanistan At least 14 members of a family have been killed in two landmine blasts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, officials said on Friday.The incident took place in the Spin Boldak district along the border crossing with Pakistan, police spokesman Jamal Nasir told Anadolu Agency.He said a van and a ...

https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105267/70/1052677046_0:167:3500:2135_1200x675_80_0_0_cfa6cd104f449ce1b6788a880eed03e0.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008281080300541-bomb-blast-in-afghanistans-kandahar-kills-13-civilians-source-says/KABUL (Sputnik) - An explosion in the Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan, killed 13 civilians on Friday, a security source said."This morning, a bomb exploded on Tunas vehicle in the Loy Karez area of Spin Buldak district, killed 13 civilians, including women ...

Charikar: The death toll from two days of heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 150 on Thursday, with scores more injured as rescue crews searched for survivors beneath the mud and rubble of collapsed houses, officials said.Heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote ...

Peace talks between warring Afghan sides will begin in September said the country’s top peace negotiator on Thursday in Kabul, a crucial diplomatic process needed to end about two decades of war in Afghanistan.Abdullah Abdullah, a prominent politician and the chairman High Council for National Reconciliation said the Afghan ...

KABUL, AfghanistanThe long-awaited intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban will begin next week, Afghanistan’s top peace negotiator announced on Thursday.“People are hopeful for peace. People are ready for tough decisions for the peace, but also have concerns,” Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Afghan government’s High Council for National Reconciliation, ...

KABUL, AfghanistanThe long-awaited intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban will begin next week, Afghanistan’s top peace negotiator announced on Thursday.“People are hopeful for peace. People are ready for tough decisions for the peace, but also have concerns,” Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Afghan government’s High Council for National Reconciliation, ...