QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, April 13 (Xinhua) Four commuters have been confirmed dead and 15 others injured in two road accidents that happened in Afghanistan e
At least four commuters died and 15 others were injured in two road accidents that happened in Afghanistan s eastern Nangarhar and western Badghis provinces, officials said Wednesday.The first accident took place outside Nangarhar s provincial .
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Iran on Wednesday hosted the first significant talks in months between the Taliban and Afghan government representatives a previously unannounced meeting that comes as the U.S. completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan and districts increasingly fall to the Taliban across the country.
The high-level peace talks between the warring Afghan sides follow months-old discussions in Qatar that have been stalled by a diplomatic stalemate and escalating violence. Even as officials faced each other across the vast tables in Tehran and Iran’s top diplomat pledged to end the crisis, fighting surged in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province.
The Taliban political committee, led by chief negotiator Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, flew from Doha to Iran’s capital to meet Afghan government officials, including former Vice President Younus Qanooni and others from the High Council for National Reconciliation.