One Daesh and one Taliban’s shadow deputy district chief have been detained by security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. AttaullahKhogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the so-called deputy district chiefs…
KABUL attacks in the past one week, The Interior Ministry (MoI) on Saturday. The Taliban carried out 356 attacks during the period, the MoI wrote on its facebook page. The Taliban had killed 51 civilians and 137 wounded in two…
The Taliban-Kandahar Highway in southern Ghazni province, where they search vehicles and collect tax, drivers and passengers said on Monday. Samiullah, a driver, told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebels had established 50 checkpoints on the road between…
KABUL’s claim of violating the Doha Agreement by conducting airstrikes in Helmand and Farah provinces. “We categorically reject the Taliban's claim the United States has violated the US-Taliban Agreement,” US Forces Spokesperson Col. Sonny Leggett said. Earlier, the Taliban said…
KABUL’s regime after 25 years. Saleh expressed the view while addressing a gathering in Loya Jirga hall marking the second death anniversary of Kandahar Police Chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Razeq. He said Gen. Razeq was among those heroes who…
KABUL attacks during the past week across the country. Tariq Aryan, MoI spokesman, wrote on his Twitter account that the civilian causalities resulted from Taliban’s 575 attacks in the period. He said these attacks included 92 explosions and six suicide…
At least 170 Taliban militants have been killed and hundreds of others wounded in security forces operations during the last 48 hours in southern Helmand province, police said on Monday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Khalil Rahman Jawad told…
KABUL hope US President Donald Trump, who said last week that all American troops should return home by Christmas, will win next month’s election. "We hope he will win the election and wind up US military presence in Afghanistan," Taliban…
KABUL by Christmas. The spokesman for Taliban’s political office in Qatar welcomed the US leader’s announcement in a brief statement "It’s a positive step towards the implementation of (the) Doha agreement," remarked Dr. Mohammad Naeem. On Wednesday, Trump said: "We…
KABUL have called on all sides to understand the sensitivity of the time and join hands for the establishment of an inclusive, independent and Islamic government. The Taliban said this in a statement issued on the 19 anniversary of US…
KABUL leaders have no plans to meet President Ashraf Ghani during his visit to Qatar, the militant movement’s political office in Doha says. On Monday, Ghani left for Doha and held talks with top Qatari officials besides meeting Kabul’s team…
More than 20 fighters have been killed and 17 others wounded in clashes and airstrikes in central Uruzgan province, an official claimed on Thursday. Ahmad Shah Sahil, the governor’s spokesman, said the insurgents -- armed with rifles and…
Dozens of Taliban fighters and three security personnel have been killed during a clash and airstrike in the Waza Khwa district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said Thursday. Police chief Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai told…
KABUL. Abdullah said this while addressing a video link meeting of US Foreign Relations Council. “We hope that the historic intra-Afghan talks in Doha would end bloodshed in the country, which is ongoing from the past four decades,” he said.…
KABUL on Tuesday accused President Ashraf Ghani’s deputies of anti-peace rhetoric, saying these faces were against peace since day one. First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on International Peace Day said that the Taliban brought a disgrace to the Afghan people,…
KABUL are against the formation of an interim government in the country, says the insurgent movement’s spokesman. In an interview with a local media outlet on Saturday, Zabihullah Mujahid insisted that killing those who impeded the establishment of an Islamic…
KABUL to declare a ceasefire. Ayub Gharwal, deputy head of the provincial council, came under gun attack in Gardez on his way to the university. Gharwal succumbed to his injuries at hospital. President Ghani condemned the terrorist attack and ordered…
Three security personnel have been killed and one injured during a clash with the Taliban in northwestern Faryab province, according to a well-placed source on Friday. A military vehicle came under the Taliban attack in the Kata Kam…
KABUL of foreign occupation – not on sizing power at all costs. “We seek the independence of our country and the establishment of an Islamic system,” Taliban’s chief negotiator Abdul Hakim Haqqani said during Tuesday’s meeting with the government team.…
KABUL on Saturday said they released 22 more government prisoners for the success of intra-Afghan peace negotiations in the Qatari capital Doha. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that the prisoners were released from different parts of southern…
KABUL peace negotiating teams should agree on ceasefire and an honorable and lasting peace without any conditions. The keenly-anticipated peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban began in Doha today (Saturday). Led by former spymaster Masoom Stanikzai, a…
KABUL insurgents suffered casualties during separate incidents of violence in Laghman and Kandahar provinces, officials said Friday. In Laghman, Taliban insurgents waged a coordinated attack on police posts in Alingar district last night, said the governor’s spokesman, Asadullah Dawlatzai. He…
KABUL’s new negotiating team for peace talks with the Afghan government, the rebel movement says. Zalmay Khalilzad met the head of the Taliban's political office, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and the new head of the group’s negotiating team, Abdul Hakim…
KABUL attacked a police check-post in the Afshar district of central Panjshir province on Tuesday and arrested some policemen, an official said. District Chief Mohammad Suhrab Suhrab told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened before noon on Tuesday. He…
