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WASHINGOTN (Pajhwok): Mullah Baradar was recently released by Pakistan at his request, US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday.
Pakistan would earn a better relationship with both Washington and Kabul in return its assistance in the... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The Trump administration is seeking a peace agreement, not a deal on withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Friday.
A future presence of American troops in the war-torn country would be... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The United States looks to Islamabad to cease behavior undermining regional stability, a top Pentagon commander told lawmakers on Tuesday.
“Militants operating out of Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to threaten Afghan... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump said on Friday that America, spending $50 billion a year in Afghanistan, had hit opponents so hard that they were talking peace after 18 long years.
“I inherited a total mess in Syria and... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): For the first time in 19 years, the US is in a serious negotiation in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump said Thursday, as peace talks led by his special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has gained ground.
“I can't tell you that this... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that negotiations with the Taliban are proceeding well.
“Negotiating are proceeding well in Afghanistan after 18 years of fighting,” Trump said in a tweet.
“Fighting continues... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The Unites States assessed that neither the Afghan government nor the Taliban will be able to gain a strategic advantage in the Afghan war in the coming war year, a top American spymaster told lawmakers here on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The Pentagon has not been asked to prepare a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Monday, as the White House called ending the war a priority.
Shanahan told reporters at... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced appointing Sima Samar of Afghanistan to his High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation.
Samar has been appointed along with Juan Gabriel Valdés to the secretary general... read more

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump has cancelled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Afghanistan --- a move widely seen as a tit-for-tat response of the president to reschedule his State of the Union Address on January 29.
“Due to... read more
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