The contact group meetings aimed at reaching an agreement about the procedural rules intended for the formal talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, have been stalled for two days over a number of disputed points, a media report said
Afghan peace negotiations in limbo
Delegations from the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents are still trying to reach an agreement over the agenda for a main negotiation began two weeks back in Qatar, where the insurgents have a political bureau
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Procedural rules for intra-Afghan talks still not decided: Sources
The contact groups from both sides of the Afghan peace negotiations in Doha met twice on Wednesday but did not reach an agreement about the procedural rules intended to guide the formal talks
'Violence must be reduced, Afghans want peace
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Afghan MPs seek a cessation of violence; “Taliban kill under garb of peace”
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Contact groups meet in Doha, preliminary issues still unresolved
Contact groups from both sides of the Afghan peace negotiations in Doha resumed their discussions on Wednesday
Afghan army defused 4,776 improvised bombs, landmines in six months : Ministry
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Afghans will suffer if peace fails: US special envoy
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the US House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security about the Trump administration’s Afghanistan policy on Tuesday and said that the US will protect its interests in all circumstances in Afghanistan and that the Afghan people will suffer if there is no peace settlement
Afghan forces fend off Taliban attack in Panjshir
Afghan Security Forces in cooperation with the local residents have pushed back a Taliban attack in Unaba district of central Panshir province, officials said Tuesday
Government, Taliban blame each other for rising violence
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