KABUL’s Qatar office on Thursday said there were no secret documents in the agreement they signed with the US earlier in the week. The two sides inked the peace agreement in Doha on February 29. Under the deal, foreign forces…
Three Taliban, including their commander, have been killed and four others injured during a clash with security forces in the Shindand district of western Herat province, an official said on Thursday. Governor Spokesperson Jilani Farhad told Pajhwok…
Government officials on Wednesday claimed Taliban militants have started arresting civilians to complete the number of 1,000 prisoners. The release of prisoners on both sides is part of a historic agreement the Taliban and the US signed on…
KABUL attacks during the past 24 hours nationwide, an official said Wednesday. Nasrat Rahimi, Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the insurgents carried out 30 attacks in 15 provinces within past 24 hours. He said 11…
KABUL militants carried out 36 attacks in different provinces during the past 24 hours, disappointing people and shattering hopes for durable peace and stability in the country. After protracted negotiations, the US and the Taliban inked a historic peace agreement…
KABUL after they signed the peace deal with the United States. Mohib, who appeared in a talk show on the state-run TV on Sunday evening, said the peace agreement between the US and the Taliban was a positive step forward…
KABUL militants have held dozens of residents hostage over their alleged cooperation with the government in Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Mohibullah Sharifzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 55 people…
Fourteen Taliban militants on Sunday formally shunned violence and joined the peace process by surrendering their weapons in eastern Nangarhar province. The reconciling rebels were shown to media persons at the National Directorate of Security here at a…
KABUL insurgents, however in overall they welcome the accord. The agreement was signed in Doha, the capital of Qatar, between US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban’s political office head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in presence of…
KABUL Habatullah Akhunzada has termed the landmark US-Taliban agreement as ‘an end to occupation’ and ‘success of the entire Muslim and Afghan Mujahid nation’. In his message released by Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, Mullah Haibatullah stressed over implementation of the…
KABUL on the release of prisoners on both sides, a well-placed source said on Friday. The Taliban group and Afghan government are expected to exchange at least six thousand prisoners following the signing of peace deal between Taliban and Washington.…
Seven Taliban militants have been killed in a blast caused by their own explosives in northern Balkh province, the 209 Shaheen Military Corps said Thursday. A statement from the Corps said the Taliban were travelling in a car…
Two Taliban militants have been killed and a third wounded during a clash with Afghan forces in Moqor district of southern Ghazni province, a statement from 01 Unit said Thursday. The statement said that Taliban militants launched…
KABUL deal expected to be signed in Doha, the country’s capital on February 29. The deal would be signed at the end of a seven-day Reduction in Violence (RiV) period agreed between the Taliban, US and the Afghan government which…
Former Taliban who reconciled with the government is not happy with their current life and regrets their reconciliation due to the government’s behavior. Former Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Razeq through his personal influence had encouraged many…
Violating the just started weeklong temporary truce, Taliban militants waged attacks on Afghan forces at two separate locations in southern Kandahar province, officials said Sunday. Local officials said the first attack from Taliban came around 9:30am on…
KABUL. On Friday, the US and Taliban announced reduction in violence would start at midnight, hoping the move would pave the way for the inking of a peace deal on February 29. Previously, the militant group had restricted telecom services…
A dozen Taliban have been killed during an air and ground offensive by the afghan army in Nijrab district of Kapisa province, an official said on Friday. Kapisa police spokesman Abdul Shaiq Shorish told Pajhwok Afghan News…
More than 40 insurgents have joined the security forces in western Ghor rejected the claim as baseless. Police spokesman Abdul Maroof Ramesh told Pajhwok Afghan News at least 46 militants, led by Ghulam Rabbani Naseer, surrendered to the…
KABUL today (Wednesday), a credible source said. This comes as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported “notable progress” in peace talks during telephonic contacts with President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday night…
KABUL have shared their plan for reduction of violence with the Afghan government, said a statement on Wednesday. Minister of State Ministry for Peace Abdul Salam Rahimi met America’s Deputy Ambassador Karen Decker and peace and reconciliation head Dante Paradiso.…
The Taliban have dug huge ditches at several points on the Maimana-Andkhoi Road to create hurdles for security forces convoys, said drivers and an official on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Abdul Karim Yourish told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban…
KABUL have focussed on reduction of violence, but no significant progress has been made in this regard, says a US official. An American official at the US Embassy in Kabul, to media representatives Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, after a meeting with…
KABUL, says a senior Pakistani diplomat. The Pakistan ambassador to the US told The Washington Times the two sides had reached a crucial moment to clinch a cease-fire agreement. Asad M. Khan asked: “What is the alternative? There is no…
