KABUL’s soil against the US and allies. The UN says Al Qaeda is operational in 12 provinces of Afghanistan and its supreme leader Aiman Al Zawaheri is hiding in Afghanistan. The UN report published on Saturday said the Al Qaeda…
KABUL have expressed conditional readiness for much awaited intra-Afghan talks after Eid-ul-Adha. Suhail Shaheen, the group’s Qatar Office spokesperson, on his twitter wrote: “The Islamic Emirate is ready to release all remaining prisoners of the other side before the…
KABUL attacks in 30 different provinces last month, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Saturday. In violation of their commitments, the insurgents inflicted casualties on civilians through terrorist activities, especially attacks in cities and on highways, the NSC said…
KABUL on Friday said the US violated the peace agreement by carrying out drone strikes in three provinces. The complaint from Taliban comes days after the US called a Taliban attack in northern Samangan province as a violation of their…
The insurgents inflicted casualties on 68 civilians during the week.
KABUL. Gen. Mark Milley, the joint chiefs of staff chairman, told the House armed services committee, that the Pentagon was committed to discovering whether Russian military intelligence had paid for attacks on US soldiers in Afghanistan. He said military intelligence…
KABUL. In a joint statement, they said: “We condemn the deliberate and callous targeting of advocates for peace, and of the security forces trying to protect the population.” They expressed deep concerns that unacceptable levels of Taliban violence against Afghan…
KABUL prisoners after an all-out probe, the Presidential Palace said Sunday. According to Feb. 29 peace agreement between the United States and Taliban, the Afghan government would release 5,000 Taliban prisoners and the group would release 1,000 government prisoners. The…
The Taliban insist on the release of their 5,000 prisoners ahead of the start of intra-Afghan peace negotiations, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Saturday. At their latest meeting in Doha, the Taliban and the US peace envoy failed…
KABUL have rejected Pentagon’s report over the group’s links with Al-Qaida Network in the sub-content and said the report aimed at creating confusion in public mind. The Pentagon has accused the Taliban of continuing to maintain links with Al-Qaeda elements even…
KABUL of continuing to maintain links with Al-Qaeda elements even after signing the Feb. 29 peace deal with the US. Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent supported and worked with low-level Taliban members to undermine the Afghan government, the Defense Department…
A dozen Taliban militants have been killed and six others wounded during a clash with security forces in Mirzaki district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Saturday. Deputy police Chief Col. Latfullah Kamran told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL last week. In a statement, NSC said that as usual the Taliban continued their violence against the Afghans. Most of last week’s civilian casualties happened in Takhar province. Last week, the NSC had said that at least 79 civilians…
Thirty Taliban and Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) rebels surrendered to security forces in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday. Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhel told a press conference here the surrendering men included 22 Taliban and right IS…
KABUL on Thursday denied involvement the kidnapping of a Sikh community leader in southeastern Paktia province. In a message to an Indian newspaper, a spokesman for the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar promised bringing the kidnappers to justice. The…
KABUL conducting 422 attacks in 32 provinces. The insurgents inflicted casualties on 841 Afghan security and defence personnel during the week, said a statement from NSC. In the Taliban assaults, 291 security forces were killed and 550 others wounded. At…
KABUL attacks last week, the National Security Council (NSC) said Sunday. In a statement, the NSC said the Taliban continued to inflict casualties on civilians despite the promise of reduction in violence. The statement claimed that most of the…
KABUL have renewed their commitment to honouring the February 29 peace pact with the United States of America. A spokesman for the insurgent outfit said on Sunday: “Our country will not be used against anyone. They should not be concerned.”…
Released from captivity, a Taliban member and an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier both want peace and an end to the Afghan bloodshed. Both say the Afghans should live in peace instead of hated and prejudice. The deadly…
KABUL have also accepted Doha as the venue for the first round of peace talks with the Afghan government, says the group’s spokesman. The long-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations --the first high-level meeting between the two after years of fighting -- are…
KABUL. Earlier in the week, the US general suggested foreign fighters linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network were still operating in Afghanistan. Gen. Kenneth Franklin McKenzie believed the Taliban might not be able to live up to the commitments they…
KABUL have released 76 government prisoners in central Maidan Wardak and southern Ghazni provinces on Thursday. Taliban’s Qatar Office Spokesperson Suhail Shaheen in wrote in his twitter: “Today, as usual, 46 soldiers and policemen of the Kabul Administration who…
The Taliban see no possibility of negotiations with India before the beginning of intra-Afghan talks, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Monday. Like the United States, Russia recently urged India to speak to the Taliban on the future government…
Taliban insurgents forced a halt to work on Dehandara Dam in Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province through threatening letters to engineers, local officials said Sunday. But the Taliban said they would not allow construction work on the…
