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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, second from left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow.

All-Afghan peace summit set for July, but on Taliban terms

A surprise announcement by President Donald Trump seemed to accelerate the expected time frame for U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an all-Afghan peace summit planned for July 7-8 in Qatar. The gathering apparently will be held on Taliban terms as there will be no official Afghan government representation.

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Taliban bombing in Afghan capital kills 1, wounds scores

At least 26 children were among the wounded, many of whom were cut by shards of glass when the bomb shattered nearby windows, government spokesman Feroz Bashari said. He said a total of 105 people were hurt.

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Afghanistan: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by large blast

The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State militants dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday.

Taliban take Sangin in Afghanistan; 9 killed in north

The Taliban captured a key district center in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the country's north, an officer turned his rifle on sleeping colleagues, killing nine policemen, officials said.

Islamic State gunmen in white lab coats kill 30 in Kabul hospital

Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Suicide bomber kills 32 people at Shiite mosque in Kabul

The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a U.S. monitoring service that tracks militant postings.

Official: Afghan forces take back city threatened by Taliban

Afghan forces have retaken most of a southern provincial capital, a day after it was nearly overrun by the Taliban in fighting that claimed at least eight Afghan troops, officials said Friday.

U.S. denies NATO airstrike killed Afghan police

A U.S. military spokesman on Monday denied reports by local officials that a NATO airstrike killed 11 police and counter-narcotics agents in southern Afghanistan.

Kabul blasts kill 35, test Afghan president's peace plan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two massive attacks in Kabul on Friday, one near a government and military complex in a residential area and the other a suicide bombing outside a police academy, killed at least 35 people, sending the strongest message yet

Afghan government holds direct talks with Taliban

Afghan officials are holding talks with Taliban representatives in the Pakistani capital in their first official face-to-face discussions, which the Afghan president said Tuesday were aimed at starting full-fledged negotiations.

Taliban attacks in Kabul target intel compound, NATO convoy

The Taliban staged two separate suicide bombings on Tuesday in Kabul, killing at least one person and wounded three

Taliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan parliament

A Taliban suicide bomber struck the entrance to the Afghan parliament on Monday and gunmen tried to storm the heavily guarded compound.

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