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Russia is hosting Afghan peace talks, hoping to cement its role as a powerbroker ahead of a looming deadline for US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. IMAGES
The Taliban delegation arrives at a hotel in Qatar's Doha for peace talks with Afghanistan's government in a bid to end nearly two decades of war. The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap agreed in February. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Doha for the start of long-delayed peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators, President Donald Trump announces during a press conference at the White House. SOUNDBITE
The Afghan Taliban has reportedly chosen a new leader to replace the late supreme leader, Mullah Omar, whose 2013 death was confirmed this week, although the leadership change has led to the postponement of peace talks between the insurgents and Afghan government. Mana Rabiee reports.
Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban start their meet in Doha for talks as violence rages in the country with foreign forces almost entirely withdrawn. IMAGES
Laghman, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- Taliban and government negotiators Thursday agreed to work on “a peaceful and political solution” to Afghan problems after they met in Tehran amid rapid territorial advances by the insurgents following a pullout of foreign troops from Afghanistan.The two sides concluded their talks in the Iranian capital of Tehran on the stalled Afghan peace process.In a joint statement after a two-day meeting backed by the Iranian government, they agreed that war was “not the ultimate solution for problems” in Afghanistan. (Camera: GHULLAMULLAH HABIBI). SHOT LIST: SECURITY FORCES CLEARED ONE OF THE AREAS CONTROLLED BY TALIBAN MILITANTS FOLLOWING AN OPERATION IN ALISHANG DISTRICT OF LAGHMAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN.
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