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A one-sided accord
India has little to gain from the US-Taliban peace deal
 "A one-sided accord")
Deadly blast rocks Afghanistan as Taliban tells fighters to resume attacks
The Taliban's military commission circulated an order telling fighters to resume operations, according to a document provided to AFP by an insurgent source
Peace talks with US started secretly under Obama: Taliban spokesperson
The talks were "hidden behind closed doors" in Doha, where both parties signed the historic peace agreement on February 29
Will be meeting Taliban leaders soon; time to bring our troops back: Trump
The US currently has some 13,000 troops in Afghanistan
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US, Taliban sign historic peace deal for inclusive Afghanistan development
The new deal would see the two sides agree to the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Afghanistan in return for insurgent guarantees
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US to seal agreement with Taliban, Pompeo to attend signing: Trump
The commitments represented an important step to a lasting peace in a new Afghanistan, free from al-Qaeda, ISIS and any other terror group 'that would seek to bring us harm', Trump said
Optimism, expectations mark first day of violence cut period in Afghanistan
Many Afghans said they were anxious about what might come next
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US preparing to sign deal with Taliban on February 29, says Mike Pompeo
Building on an agreement on reducing violence across Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday
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US-Taliban to sign agreement on Feb 29 after a week of reduced violence
The United States and the Taliban have been engaged in talks to facilitate a political settlement to end the conflict in Afghanistan and reduce US presence in the region
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US, Taliban close to violence reduction pact; troop withdrawal not imminent
Many questions about the expected agreement remain unanswered and it's unclear if Trump will sign off on the deal
Taliban says it has brought down US military plane in Afghanistan
Pictures and a video on social media purportedly from the crash site showed what could be the remains of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft.
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Taliban aims to sign deal with US, 'scale down' military ops: Report
The Taliban and the US had been negotiating the deal for a year and were on the brink of an announcement in September 2019 when President Donald Trump abruptly declared the process "dead"
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Taliban unleash new wave of attacks in northern Afghanistan, kill 26
The Taliban have intensified their attacks in northern Afghanistan in recent days.
Taliban attack kills 10 members of Afghan armed forces, four injured
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack
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Taliban claims responsibility for killing US soldier in Afghanistan
The US military earlier confirmed the death of one of its troops.
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Insider attack kills nine Afghan militia, Taliban claims responsibility
The Taliban now control or hold sway over half the country
Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban leaders after Kabul attack
The US has insisted that no deal would be final until the Taliban reached an accord with Ghani, direct talks that the Taliban long refused to undertake
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Afghan peace deal: Taliban agreement dead and talks over, says Donald Trump
Driving another nail into the coffin of what had appeared to be nearly completed negotiations, Trump said that a US military onslaught on the guerrillas was now at its fiercest in a decade
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US, Taliban resume talks to bring peace forcing ceasefire, troops to stay
The president said the US had made tremendous progress over the past six months and had been drawing down its troops at the same time.
Afghanistan: 12 Taliban terrorists killed, 16 villages liberated in Baghlan
More than 24 terrorists, including Taliban senior commander Qari Bakhtyar, were wounded in the operation.
