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  Police headquarters falls to Taliban in southern Afghanistan

  World | August 12, 2021 11:37 IST

  Fighting raged in Lashkar Gah, one of Afghanistan's largest cities in the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, where surrounded govt forces hoped to hold onto the capital after the militants' weeklong blitz has seen them already seized 9 others around the country.

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  Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall

  World | August 11, 2021 18:57 IST

  While the capital of Kabul itself has not been directly threatened in the advance, the stunning speed of the offensive raises questions of how long the Afghan government can maintain control of its countryside.

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  Afghanistan: To reach a peace deal, Taliban say President Ashraf Ghani must go

  World | July 23, 2021 16:36 IST

  Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, who is also a member of the group’s negotiating team, laid out the insurgents’ stance on what should come next in a country on the precipice.

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  Joe Biden meets visiting Afghanistan leaders at White House

  World | July 03, 2021 7:48 IST

  Biden said at the beginning of the meeting on Friday that "our troops may be leaving but support for Afghanistan is not ending in terms of support and maintenance of helping maintain their military as well as economic and political support".

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  Afghan president Ghani signs decree to free 400 Taliban inmates

  World | August 11, 2020 7:51 IST

  Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued a decree to pardon and release about 400 controversial Taliban inmates, the Presidential Palace confirmed. 

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  Afghan government suspends release of Taliban inmates

  World | July 07, 2020 13:12 IST

  The Afghan government has suspended the release of the last batch of Taliban inmates over their involvement in serious crimes, it was reported on Tuesday.

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  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s cousin shot dead in Kabul

  World | July 04, 2020 19:13 IST

  A cousin of Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani found shot to death inside his home in Kabul, Afghanistan Media informed.

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  Taliban, Ghani declare three-day cease fire in Afghanistan for Eid-ul-Fitr

  World | May 24, 2020 6:59 IST

  On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr the Taliban and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani announced a three-day cease-fire on Sunday. The Taliban order, which was soon followed by an announcement via Twitter from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announcing the government “extends the offer of peace,” comes just days after U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in Kabul and Doha.

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  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani defends new aggressive military policy

  World | May 16, 2020 21:47 IST

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has defended his aggressive military strategy against insurgents, adding that his administration will never oppose efforts for peace and reconciliation but the armed forces had the right to defend the nation against threats.

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  Should create common framework for tele-medicine to combat Coronavirus: Afghan Prez to SAARC nations

  News | March 16, 2020 11:14 IST

  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on March 15 attended a video conference of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries amid Coronavirus scare.

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  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signs decree to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners

  World | March 11, 2020 12:03 IST

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has pardoned thousands of Taliban prisoners in a key preliminary step to intra-Afghan talks between a government delegation and the extremist group, his spokesman said early on Wednesday.  

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  Bomb blast at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's oath-taking ceremony

  News | March 09, 2020 21:19 IST

  A bomb blast rocked the venue where Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was being administered his oath of office on Monday. Multiple gunshots were also heard at the site.

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  Bomb blast, firing reported at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's oath-taking ceremony

  World | March 09, 2020 17:40 IST

  A bomb blast rocked the venue where Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was being administered his oath of office on Monday. Multiple gunshots were also heard at the site

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  Taliban peace deal: Afghanistan President rejects demand for release of 5,000 prisoners

  World | March 01, 2020 16:26 IST

  Cracks in the US-Taliban Peace Deal appeared on Sunday as Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani rejected the demand for the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners

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  India congratulates Afghan President Ghani on his re-election

  India | February 20, 2020 17:30 IST

  India on Thursday congratulated Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on his re-election following the announcement of final results of the presidential elections.

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  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani wins 2nd term in preliminary vote count

  World | December 22, 2019 14:08 IST

  Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has led the preliminary results of September presidential election by 50.64 per cent, the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Sunday.

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  3 killed as blast hits Ghani's campaign office

  World | September 25, 2019 15:42 IST

  This is the second attack on Ghani's election campaign over the past one week.

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  8 killed in blast near President's campaign gathering in Afghanistan

  World | September 17, 2019 14:43 IST

  Soon after the suicide attack, Parwan province was hit by another blast, which was reported in PD9 Kabul city.

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  Afghan President's US visit postponed

  World | September 07, 2019 12:12 IST

  It was reported earlier on Friday that Ghani, along with a 13-member delegation would embark on the trip on Saturday and he would meet his US counterpart Donald Trump on September 9.  

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  Rocket attack in Kabul during president's Eid speech

  World | August 21, 2018 12:58 IST

  The Afghan President had proposed a ceasefire from August 20 to November 20 (birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, or Milad-ul-Nabi).