Afghan reporter killed as govt says ready for Taliban 対話

A member of the Afghan security forces investigates the damaged vehicle that had been carrying employees of Khurshid TV when it was targeted by a bomb in Kabul on May 30

A member of the Afghan 安全 軍隊s 調査/捜査するs the 損失d 乗り物 that had been carrying 従業員s of Khurshid TV when it was 的d by a 爆弾 in Kabul on May 30

A 道端 爆弾 killed a television 新聞記者/雑誌記者 in Kabul on Saturday, soon after a 最高の,を越す Afghan 公式の/役人 任命するd to lead peace 会談 with the Taliban said his team was ready for the long-延期するd 対話.

The 爆破, which 的d a minibus carrying 15 従業員s of 私的な television channel Khurshid TV, was (人命などを)奪う,主張するd by the Islamic 明言する/公表する group, によれば SITE 知能 which 監視するs jihadist activity.

The attack, which the 政府 called "heinous", (人命などを)奪う,主張するd the lives of a reporter and a driver, and punctuated an 全体にわたる 削減 in 暴力/激しさ that has followed on from a three-day 停戦 the Taliban 扇動するd May 24.

Just hours before the 爆破, Afghanistan's former 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Abdullah Abdullah, who has been 任命するd to 長,率いる 会談 with the Taliban, said his team was positioned to start 対話.

Abdullah credit ed the general なぎ in 暴力/激しさ for setting the トン for discussions.

"The 停戦, a 削減 in 暴力/激しさ and the 交流 of 囚人s have all 覆うd the way for a good beginning," Abdullah said at his first 圧力(をかける) 会議/協議会 since taking on the 役割.

Just hours before the bomb blast killed a TV journalist in central Kabul, Afghanistan's former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah said his team was positioned to start dialogue with the Taliban

Just hours before the 爆弾 爆破 killed a TV 新聞記者/雑誌記者 in central Kabul, Afghanistan's former 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Abdullah Abdullah said his team was positioned to start 対話 with the Taliban

"The 交渉するing team is ready to begin the 会談 at any moment," he said.

However, he 主張するd on a fresh 停戦 during the 会談.

The attack in central Kabul 的d Khurshid TV's white minibus, the 内部の 省 said, and 原因(となる)d 広範囲にわたる 損失 to its 前線 end.

It was the second such attack 的ing Khurshid 従業員s in いっそう少なく than a year.

In August 2019, two passersby were killed when a "sticky 爆弾" -- a type of homemade 爆発性の 大(公)使館員d to 乗り物s with magnets -- struck a 類似の Khurshid TV 先頭 in an unclaimed attack.

A fghanistan is one of the world's deadliest places for 新聞記者/雑誌記者s.

IS have 的d the マスコミ before. The deadliest attack (機の)カム in 2018, when the group killed nine 新聞記者/雑誌記者s from さまざまな news organisations -- 含むing AFP's 長,指導者 Afghanistan photographer Shah Marai -- in another Kabul 爆破.

- 'All on the same page' -

Taliban prisoners are released from Bagram prison, next to the US military base in Bagram, north of Kabul, in a picture published on May 27

Taliban 囚人s are 解放(する)d from Bagram 刑務所,拘置所, next to the US 軍の base in Bagram, north of Kabul, in a picture published on May 27

Afghanistan's 一時休戦 ended Tuesday night but 暴力/激しさ since then has stayed 比較して low, though 政府 安全 軍隊s have 苦しむd some attacks that 当局 非難するd on the Taliban.

The 停戦 and general 減少(する) in 暴力/激しさ has 注入するd hope into Afghanistan's peace 過程, which had earlier this month looked to be on the 瀬戸際 of 崩壊(する) because of 急に上がるing Taliban 暴力/激しさ after they 調印するd a を取り引きする the US in February.

Peace 会談 were 最初 scheduled to begin on March 10.

勢い has also built thanks to the 政府's 解放(する) of hundreds of Taliban 囚人s in 最近の weeks, as part of a 交換(する) that has also seen the 交戦的なs 解放する/自由な 政府 安全 軍隊 捕虜s.

Late Saturday, Afghanistan's 国家の 安全 会議 広報担当者 Javid Faisal said the 政府 had 解放する/自由なd another 710 Talban 囚人s since Friday in an 現在進行中の 過程 that would fulfil its 約束 to 解放(する) 2,000 謀反のs in 返答 to the Taliban 停戦.

US 大統領 Donald Trump's 行政 has made it a 優先 to end America's longest war and 身を引く all 軍隊/機動隊s by next May. US 公式の/役人s have 押し進めるd the Taliban and 政府 leaders to 持つ/拘留する peace 会談.

Abdullah was 任命するd to lead the 過程 after he ended his bitter political 反目,不和 with 大統領 Ashraf Ghani earlier this month.

He had 発表するd himself as a 競争相手 大統領,/社長 after 拒絶するing the result of the September 選挙, which 現職の Ghani 結局 won まっただ中に 詐欺 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs.

With the end of the 論争, the Afghan 政府 appeared 統一するd ーに関して/ーの点でs of the peace 過程, a member of Abdullah's 交渉するing team said.

"Now we all are 部隊d, all on the same page on the question of peace," Matin Bek, a 上級の 政府 公式の/役人, told AFP.

Saturday's attack illustrated the long road ahead to a 安全な・保証する Afghanistan even if the peace 過程 is successful, with other 交戦的な groups such as IS continuing to operate in the country.

A 重要な tenet of the US-Taliban (許可,名誉などを)与える is that the 謀反のs will not 許す groups like Al-Qaeda and IS to use Afghan 国/地域 to 計画(する) attacks against the US and its 同盟(する)s.

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