Afghan authorities have begun releasing a final batch of 400 Taliban prisoners, removing the last obstacle to talks between the government in Kabul and the insurgents. Negotiations on a possible end to the decades of Afghanistan’s war could begin next week, one source said. The Associated Press also reported that …
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Authorities in Afghanistan on Thursday ordered an investigation into a video circulating online that showed a group of Afghan troops occupying the bodies of Taliban fighters. The two-minute clip, which quickly went viral on social media, jumped ahead of expected peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban following President Ashraf …
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PHOTO PHOTO: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hold a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, USA, December 10, 2019. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he had warned his Russian …
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to release 400 Taliban detainees after a large Afghan assembly known as the Loya Jirga passed a resolution approving the movement. The resolution advocating the release of the prisoners was adopted on Sunday at the end of a three-day Loya Jirga, a traditional Afghan …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Thursday that “the situation is changing” in deals with China, citing international support for Washington’s policies even as he expressed “dismay” at the number of countries supporting Beijing’s new security law for Hong Kong Reflecting mounting tensions between the …
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