Taliban on Wednesday warned the Afghan government of a possible Daesh attack against the group’s 400 remaining prisoners. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said...
The Afghan media on Wednesday voiced concern over the upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha after Qatar visas for local journalists were not approved. Members of...
President Ashraf Ghani met with the Afghan government’s negotiating team on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming peace talks with the Taliban which are expected to start...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday afternoon signed a decree to release the final 400 prisoners which will now pave the way for intra-Afghan peace talks....
Long-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are expected to start in Doha, Qatar within a week once the final 400 Taliban prisoners...
Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States’ Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, welcomed the Afghan Loya Jirga’s declaration and President Ashraf Ghani’s decision to sign the decree ordering...
At least 23 civilians were killed and 15 others wounded after mortars hit a Bazar in Helmand province. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. Monday...
The European Union said that the high level of violence by the Taliban following the signing of the agreement with the US in Qatar is “unacceptable”....
The government has announced that it has released nearly 4,000 Taliban prisoners from Afghan jails, a step closer to start the long-waited intra-Afghan negotiations. The move...
At least 29 Taliban militants were killed and six others wounded in an airstrike and ground clashes in Kandahar and Helmand provinces. Naser Barikzai, a spokesman...
US President Donald Trump’s administration is close to finalizing a decision to withdraw more than 4,000 troops from Afghanistan by the upcoming fall, CNN reported citing...
A US watchdog has warned that “systemic” corruption within the Afghan government is undermining its bargaining position in upcoming peace negotiations with the Taliban. John Sopko,...
The Afghan government is ready to begin the peace talks with the Taliban without any preconditions, said Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National...
Four members of a family were killed in an airstrike by the Afghan forces in Balkh province. The Afghan forces carried out an airstrike in the...
Pakistan is a safe harbor for “regionally focused terrorist groups”, allowing the groups to target Afghanistan, the US State Department said in a report. In its...
Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton said in his book which was released to the public Tuesday that Donald Trump has warned that if the...
The Taliban militants attacked a security outpost in Logar, killing four local policemen, local officials confirmed. Didar Lewang, a spokesman for the provincial governor told Ariana...
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation condemned yesterday’s attack on Attorney General Office’s employees who were working “to facilitate prisoner releases.” “This attack,...
At least 24 Taliban militants were killed in clashes with the Afghan forces in Ghazni, Kandahar and Helmand provinces, the Defence Ministry said. In a statement...
At least nine Afghan security forces were killed in clashes with the Taliban militant in Kunduz province, a local official confirmed. Esmatullah Muradi, a spokesman for...