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KABUL, AfghanistanThe launch of the direct talks for peace in Afghanistan has left many in this conflict-riddled nation caught between curiosity and cautious optimism.Extraordinarily vigilant security was what many Afghans in the bustling capital of Kabul noticed as they began their work week Saturday. Thursdays and Fridays are weekends ...

KABUL: Afghans were cautious in expressing hope on Saturday as historic US-brokered talks between the Taliban and government delegates began in Doha, Qatar, to end a decades-old conflict in Afghanistan. “People are cautiously optimistic and happy, given there are lots of differences between the two sides and the fact ...

In a first, External Affairs Minister addresses gathering that includes the militant group The start of Intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha, which was contingent on the release of the last batch of Taliban prisoners, meant good news for the family of an Indian hostage being held in Afghanistan. Officials in ...

NEW DELHI: As the Taliban sat down in Doha for its first real and direct engagement with the Afghan government for peace, India participated in the inaugural session of the negotiations with foreign minister S Jaishankar underscoring the need for addressing the issue of violence in the war-torn country ...

NEW DELHI: As the Taliban sat down in Doha for its first real and direct engagement with the Afghan government for peace, India participated in the inaugural session of the negotiations with foreign minister S Jaishankar underscoring the need for addressing the issue of violence in the war-torn country ...

India13:57 GMT 12.09.2020Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0c/1080440995_0:74:3373:1971_1200x675_80_0_0_2d585ca71554731533c1a92a99778ac1.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/india/202009121080439338-indian-fm-at-peace-talks-in-doha-afghanistans-soil-should-not-be-used-for-anti-india-activities/The Afghan government and the Taliban held “historic” peace talks in Qatar’s capital on Saturday after nearly two decades of war. The talks, which were expected to start in March after the US and the Taliban struck a long-awaited peace deal in February, were ...

Islamabad: Leaders of Afghanistan must seize the historic opportunity to work together constructively and secure an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement to the years-long conflict in their country, Pakistan said on Saturday at the start of the long-awaited Afghan peace talks in Qatar. The talks were set to take ...

The Afghan government, which was in the throes of a political crisis over a disputed presidential election held last September, balked at being told to free 5,000 Taliban but eventually relented.U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who invested a year and a half negotiating the peace deal, called negotiations between ...

ISLAMABAD - The United States pressed Afghanistan’s warring factions Saturday to approach their first-ever direct peace talks with an intent to strike a power-sharing deal that would accommodate “competing views” and permanently end decades of bloodshed in the country. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the remarks at a ...

Historic peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have opened in Qatar, with the warring parties meeting face-to-face for the first time to end nearly two decades of conflict. At the opening ceremony of the talks in Doha on Saturday, top diplomats from several other countries, including ...