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Peoples Dispatch
Taliban Rejects Afghan Government’s Offer for Release of 1,500 Prisoners Ahead of Intra-Afghan Talks
13 Mar 2020
The Ashraf Ghani-led government in Afghanistan signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners out of total 5,000, but the Taliban has rejected this conditional release of its prisoners.
Associated Press
Dueling Afghan Leaders Declare Themselves President in Separate Ceremonies
09 Mar 2020
Ashraf Ghani, declared winner of last September's election, and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who charged fraud in the vote, were both sworn in.
Peoples Dispatch
Ashraf Ghani is Declared Winner of Afghanistan’s Presidential Polls but Crisis Continues
20 Feb 2020
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan declared president Ashraf Ghani the winner with 50.64% of the votes but his main rival Abdullah Abdullah rejected the results and said he would form…
PTI
Afghan Taliban Swaps 11 Top Leaders For 3 Indian Hostages: Reports
07 Oct 2019
The release of Indians follows meetings between US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Islamabad.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
India Shouldn’t Lose the Afghan Plot
05 Oct 2019
Reflecting a myopic view, India is probably the only country to hail the “successful conduct of Presidential elections” in Kabul, whose outcome will sharpen ethnic divisions.
Abdul Rahman
Presidential Elections Do Not Offer Much Hope for Afghanistan’s War-Weary People
27 Sep 2019
As many as 16 candidates are fighting to win the support of more than 9.6 million voters in Afghanistan’s fourth presidential election since 2001. The elections on September 28 are taking place amid…
Prasanth R.
The US is Focused On an Exit Rather Than Peace in Afghanistan
10 Sep 2019
Prabir Purkayastha talks about US President Donald Trump's decision to end peace talks with the Taliban, and analyses what the endgame of the US is.
Peoples Dispatch
Trump’s Decision to End Talks With Taliban Puzzles Observers
10 Sep 2019
Observers are surprised at Trump’s decision as the Taliban had never promised to end violence as a precondition for the talks. Trump’s citing the death of a soldier for his decision is also puzzling…
AFP
16 Dead, Over 100 Wounded in Taliban Attack in Kabul as US Envoy Visits
03 Sep 2019
Monday night's attack took place in a residential area near Green Village, a large compound that houses aid agencies, embassies and international organisations.
AFP
20 Dead in Violence as Afghan Election Season Kicks Off
29 Jul 2019
Apart from Ashraf Ghani, other presidential candidates include Ghani's former national security advisor Hanif Atmar and former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.