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Al Jazeera: Taliban office officially opens in Qatar today

Al Jazeera: Taliban office officially opens in Qatar today A long-discussed and often delayed office to represent the Taliban internationally is supposed to open in Qatar today, according to reports…

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Official: Taliban may move peace talks from Qatar to Saudi Arabia

Official: Taliban may move peace talks from Qatar to Saudi Arabia As the Taliban office in Doha remains closed and mediation talks between the group and the Afghan government grow…

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Emir, Obama talk Syria in White House

Syria dominated a meeting between Qatar’s Emir and US President Barack Obama at the White House yesterday, with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani calling what is happening a “major…

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Karzai meets Qatar emir to discuss opening of Taliban office here

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is in Qatar for a two-day visit, has met with the Emir as part of an ongoing peace process with the Taliban, QNA reports. “The…

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US, Afghan leaders welcome opening of Taliban office in Qatar

For the first time, all parties working to set up a Taliban office in Qatar have openly acknowledged that it’s going to happen. After more than a year of denials,…

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Qatar’s Taliban store

Qatar’s relationship with the Taliban has been in the spotlight lately, which makes it the perfect time to talk about a more long-standing “Taliban” presence here: The Taliban shop in…

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Taliban suspends peace talks with US being held in Qatar

The Taliban has announced it is halting peace talks with the Unites States being carried out through its political bureau in Qatar, due to “wasting time” on the part of…

Taliban-linked prisoners at Guantanamo say they don’t mind living in Qatar, but US jailers have yet to agree

Taliban-linked prisoners at Guantanamo say they don’t mind living in Qatar, but US jailers have yet to agree Five of the alleged Taliban members in the American Guantanamo Bay prison…

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US to propose prisoner swap that would send five Taliban detainees to Qatar

Five Taliban members who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay may be released to Qatar’s custody in exchange for a US soldier held captive in Afghanistan, sources have told Reuters. The…

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