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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the U.S. and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction of violence in the country. Sources tell Reuters that if the Taliban significantly reduces violence, it could lead to an eventual peace deal and withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
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2018-06-9
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The Taliban announce a three-day Eid ceasefire with the Afghan authorities, according to Pajhwok Afghan News. On Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani announced a ceasefire with the Taliban from June 12–19.
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At least one Afghan is killed and seven American soldiers wounded in an "insider attack" at Camp Shaheen, in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. An earlier report that Americans had been killed is incorrect. The Taliban claims responsibility.
2017-02-11
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A suicide bomber kills at least seven people outside a bank in Lashkargah.
2015-06-13
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2014-11-27
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A suicide bomber kills 5 in a targeted attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2013-10-15
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A bomb in a mosque in Afghanistan's Logar Province kills the governor Arsala Jamal and results in other injuries.
2013-05-16
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Many people are killed in two suicide bombings in Afghanistan, at least fifteen of which are killed in the capital Kabul when a suicide bomber from Hizb-i-Islami, a Taliban affiliate, targeted a convoy carrying foreign troops, injuring another 40.
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British Lance Corporal James Ashworth, who died in southern Afghanistan in 2012 while protecting his colleagues from a grenade blast, is to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
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France announces it is likely to withdraw some of its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
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Pompeo sees breakthrough in Taliban talks, wants 'significant' reduction in violence
2020
The United States has had "a pretty important breakthrough" in peace t...
Two days after the Kabul bombing, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the U.S. and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan.