Ashraf Ghani

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani speaks after casting his vote in the presidential election in Kabul, Afghanistan September 28, 2019/ Reuters
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Afghanistan to release Taliban prisoners as UN backs push to end war

The two-page decree signed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani requires all 1,500 released Taliban prisoners to provide a written guarantee to not return to the battlefield

FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani and German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (not pictured) attend a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Afghan President Ghani rejects Taliban prisoner release under US deal

File Photo: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attends a two-day conference on Afghanistan at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 27, 2018. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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‘No commitment’ to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners: Ghani

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan March 1, 2020/ Reuters
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Afghan President rejects Taliban prisoner release clause in US deal

FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani and German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (not pictured) attend a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll

Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani and German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (not pictured) attend a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan December 3, 2019/ Reuters
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Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results

Security personnel is seen at the site of a blast near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani in Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan September 17, 2019. Reuters TV via REUTERS
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Taliban attacks kill 48, Afghan leader unhurt as bomber targets rally