Thousands of Taliban Await Release From Prisons
Thousands of Taliban prisoners jailed in Afghanistan see a peace deal allegedly being hammered out between the United States and the Taliban as their ticket to freedom.
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Taliban Deny Reports of Ceasefire
The Taliban on Monday denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumors swirled of a potential deal that could reduce fighting after more than 18 years of war.
Read moreUS Contractors Accused of Funding Taliban Attacks Against American Troops
Nearly 400 people who were either wounded while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan or family members of service members who died in the conflict sued a group of companies on Friday they say helped fund attacks against Americans by making protection payments to the Taliban.
Read moreAfghan Official Says Taliban Abducted 26 Peace Activists
The Taliban ambushed a peace convoy in western Afghanistan and abducted 26 activists, members of a peace movement, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
Read moreTaliban Claim Monday Attack That Killed US Soldier
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a Monday attack on American troops that killed one U.S. soldier and according to the insurgents, wounded several more.
Read moreTaliban Free Two Western Hostages in Prisoner Swap
The Taliban released two Western hostages in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, handing them over to U.S. forces more than three years after they were abducted in Kabul, insurgent sources and police said.
Read moreTaliban Prisoners to Be Swapped for American & Australian
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday that his government has released three prominent Taliban figures in an effort to get the insurgents to free an American and an Australian professor they abducted in 2016 and have held captive for more than three years.
Read moreTaliban Meet US Peace Envoy for First Time Since Dead Deal
The Taliban met with a U.S. envoy in the Pakistani capital, a Taliban official said Saturday, the first such encounter since President Donald Trump announced a month ago that a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war was dead.
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Threats Mark Final Day of UN General Assembly
As Afghans await the results of a presidential election roiled by Taliban threats, the government used its platform at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday to tell the insurgents: “Join us in peace, or we will continue to fight.”
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Votes Cast, but Afghanistan Still Faces Political Chaos
Presidential elections are over, and Afghanistan now faces a period of uncertainty and possible political chaos. Saturday’s vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement and abuse.
Read moreFraud, Misconduct Threaten Afghan Presidential Election
Accusations of fraud and misconduct, more than scores of Taliban attacks, threatened to overwhelm the results of Saturday’s vote for the next president of Afghanistan, denying the winner legitimacy and frustrating efforts to restart peace talks to end 18 years of war.
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Afghan Voters Head to Polls Amid Death Threats
Torn between fear, frustration and a sense of duty, Ahmad is undecided about defying Taliban warnings not to vote in this weekend’s Afghan presidential election. He has good reason to think twice: His index finger was chopped off by Taliban members after he voted in the presidential election five years ago.
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US Airstrikes Kill 40 Civilians in Afghanistan
Anti-Taliban raids by Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes killed at least 40 civilians attending a wedding party in the southern Helmand province, Afghan officials said.
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Taliban Kill 26 Near Afghan Rally — President Unhurt
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens near a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, and warned of more violence before the elections.
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Taliban Vow to Fight on After Trump Says Talks Are ‘Dead’
The Taliban on Tuesday vowed to continue fighting against U.S. forces in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump said talks with the insurgents were “dead,” and said Washington would regret abandoning negotiations.
Read morePompeo: Taliban Overreached in Attack That Killed American
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that Taliban “overreached” with a car bomb attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier, leading President Donald Trump to call off closely-held Afghanistan peace talks planned for Camp David.
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Taliban Supporters Welcome US Withdrawal Plans
Taliban loyalists are cheering the prospect of a deal with the United States that after 18 years of grueling conflict will see “defeated” American “invaders” finally go home.
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Taliban Kill 10 Near US Embassy in Kabul
Another Taliban suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians in a diplomatic area that includes the U.S. Embassy — the second such attack this week, as the Afghan government warned that a preliminary U.S.-Taliban deal on ending America’s longest war was moving dangerously quickly.
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Taliban Car Bomb Kills 16 in Kabul, Wounds 119
The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing of an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 civilians and wounded 119 people, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal “in principle” to end America’s longest war.
Read moreTaliban Launch Major Attack on Afghan City of Kunduz
The Taliban launched a large-scale attack on Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s main cities, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 75 others, government officials said Saturday, even as the insurgent group continued negotiations with the United States on ending America’s longest war.
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