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Afghan peace talks open in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

The opening ceremony for talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents began in Qatar's capital Doha on Saturday, marking the start of negotiations aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians.

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10/19/20

U.S. military defends air strikes that Taliban says violate troop pact

The U.S. military defended on Sunday its air strikes against Taliban fighters last week, as the insurgent group accused Washington of violating a signed agreement.

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10/25/20

Afghan security forces kill senior al Qaeda leader al-Masri

Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior al Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a tweet late on Saturday.

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10/25/20

Suicide bombing at Kabul education centre kills 24, students among the victims

A suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed 24 people including teenage students and wounded dozens more on Saturday, officials said.

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12/11/20

Islamic State claims killing of female TV presenter in Afghanistan

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a female TV presenter and women's rights activist in Afghanistan on Thursday, an attack that underscored an increasing trend of violence against journalists in the country.

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1/18/21

Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges in Afghanistan: police

Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar.

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1/18/21

Security is apparently not one of their strongpoints

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2/4/21

U.S. should delay complete troop pullout in Afghanistan - report to Congress

The United States should extend the May 1 deadline for pulling all its troops from Afghanistan, and make force cuts contingent on progress in peace talks as well as by the Taliban in reducing violence and containing al Qaeda, a bipartisan report to Congress said on Wednesday...

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2/4/21

The Taliban will only be beaten if the Americans impose draconian actions , trying to fight them with Queensbury rules will see them bogged down forever that all said any pull out no matter the reason will be seen as a victory for the Taliban even if they have lost thousands of their fighters

When Israel left Lebanon where I was stationed for nearly a decade in an effort to try to find some formula in which the vacuum would be filled and none was found we left , this was declared a victory by Hezbollah and in the end achieved nothing from our side other than an ever emboldened enemy who believed they would beat us and that is a very dangerous gift to give your enemies

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2/11/21

Five killed in Kabul as attacks increasingly target civilians

Five government employees were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan's capital on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series in which civilians have been targeted.