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No Qatar-Taliban discussions on Afghanistan security: official

Trilateral talks between Qatar, Turkey and the acting Afghan government took place late last year. There are currently no agreements being discussed between Qatar and the interim Afghan administration on…

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How the UAE’s support to Haqqani network is undermining stability in Afghanistan

Analysts believe the Haqqani network is playing a major role in reversing the Taliban’s promises of a more lenient rule as well as progress made by Qatar to bring stability…

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Afghan whose family was killed in US drone strike lands in Qatar ahead of US travel

The US invasion of Afghanistan cost $2 trillion and an exorbitant humanitarian cost, where foreign forces killed at least 71,000 civilians. Aimal Ahmadi, whose family was killed in last year’s…

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UN fails to reach decision over travel exemption for Taliban

Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis was made worse after the US and NATO troop withdrawal from Kabul on 31 August last year after the Taliban takeover. A UN travel waiver for 13…

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Qatar calls on US, Taliban to abide by Doha accord following Al-Zawahiri killing

The US invasion of Afghanistan, also Washington’s longest war, cost some $2 trillion and at least 71,000 civilian casualties Qatar called on all parties of the 2020 Doha Agreement to…

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Former CIA chief slams Taliban-US accord as among ‘worst diplomatic agreements’

Qatar recently called on all parties of the 2020 Doha Agreement to “maintain the gains” of the deal as Washington and Taliban continue to trade blame for violations. A top US…

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Taliban yet to make good on promises one year on: analysts

One year since the Taliban takeover, has the group fulfilled any of its promises? Uncertainty, fear, and betrayal—those are some of the feelings shared by Afghans as they watched their…

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Former US envoy for Afghanistan defends ‘historic’ Doha Agreement

Afghanistan’s former president was also blamed for the fall of Kabul last year. Former US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad defended the 2020 Doha Agreement that was signed with the…

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Qatar’s Amir Tamim urges stability in Afghanistan in meeting with defence minister

Last week, the Taliban held meetings with the US in Doha as they scrambled for aid following the tragic earthquakes that killed more than 1,000 people. Acting Afghan Defence Minister…

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