KABUL insurgents have voiced their willingness to resume peace negotiations with the United States. A day earlier, after President Donald Trump hoped the militant movement, which had resumed informal talks with the US, would agree to a ceasefire. During an…
Taliban’s shadow chief for the Almar district of northern Faryab province has been killed along with three other insurgents in an airstrike. In a statement, the 209th Shaheen Military Corps said Maulvi Abdul Ghani was killed along with…
The Taliban have long been preventing the installation of a current meter on Helmand River in Dehrawud district of central Uruzgan province on the behest of Iran, the governor alleged on Wednesday. Governor Mohammad Shafiq Asadullah Sayeed told…
KABUL on Tuesday termed the release of two Western hostages in return for three key rebel commanders as ‘a good omen’ and said it could help the peace process and build trust. The Taliban freed two Western hostages in southern…
Dozens of militants have surrendered in eastern Nangarhar province, the governor’s office said on Sunday. As many as 32 Islamic State (IS) and four Taliban fighters joined the government-initiated peace and reconciliation process on Saturday. In a statement,…
KABUL. Several media outlets recently reported the government had dispatched a team to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), China or Qatar for secret parleys with the Taliban. But NSC spokesman Kabir Haqmal rejected the reports and said government representatives had…
KABUL. Kevin King, a 60-year-old American, and Timothy John Weeks, a 48-year-old Australian, professors of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), were kidnapped from Kabul by Taliban in August 2016. Two well-known people who are close to the Taliban in…
Taliban militants have increased tax on trucks transporting coal from mines in Dara-i-Sauf district of northern Samangan province. Haji Raz Mohammad Moyed, Samangan provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban controlled Dara-i-Sauf-Aibak and Dara-i-Sauf-Mazar-i-Sharif highways.…
KABUL’s political office in Qatar says its delegation will participate in intra-Afghan talks in China. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen tweeted China’s special representative for Afghanistan Baradar, head of the movement’s political office, in Doha. He said the Chinese envoy invited…
The Taliban, a former national security advisor (NSA) claimed on Friday. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta insisted the Taliban were not fighting against the occupation of the country, because they launched the insurgency when there was not a…
KABUL. On Thursday, the UN mission said more civilians were killed in July than in any previous one-month period since it started keeping statistics. For the first time this year, the report said, insurgents were responsible for more casualties than…
Taliban officials in Uruzgan province to vaccinate children against polio disease in areas under their control, reversing an eight-month old ban. The Taliban lift ban on anti-polio campaign in Uruzgan after eight polio positive cases surfaced in the…
KABUL as false propaganda. On Thursday, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), claimed an armed attack on Mullah Barader’s home in Pakistan and said, the move demonstrated split within the Taliban’s ranks. But, Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in his…
Two key Taliban members have been killed in separate airstrikes in western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohibullah Mohib, police spokesman, said that Mullah troops in Khak-i-Safid district on Monday evening. He claimed the military…
KABUL was aimed at obtaining the release of two US hostages and had nothing to do with the peace process. Idrees Zaman, deputy foreign minister, told a press conference here that discussions, probably still ongoing, in Islamabad (between the Taliban…
India has called for the involvement of all stakeholders, including the Afghan government, in the peace process. A spokesman for the Ministry of External.” Raveesh Kumar issued the call as a Taliban delegation, led by Abdul Ghani Baradar,…
Electricity pylons in western Herat province have been blown up by Taliban, local officials said Wednesday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility officials in Herat say power pylons, which import electricity from Turkmenistan and Iran,…
Local officials on Wednesday claimed two civilians were killed and seven others injured in a Taliban province. Abdulhai Khatibi, Ghor governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban attacked the people of the village on Tuesday night.…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Tuesday said regional countries and the international community have once again intensified efforts to revive the Afghan peace process. MoFA spokesman Sibghatullah Ahmadi told a press conference here that efforts by…
CHARIKAR militants abducted nine election commission officials and 17 observers on the Election Day (yesterday) in central Parwan province, sources said Sunday. On Saturday, voting started at 7am and ended at 5pm under strong security. At least 13 candidates contested…
KABUL say Russia, China and Iran support their position about their negotiations with the US. Suhail Shaheen, Taliban’s spokesman for their political office in Qatar, during a trip to China, said they traveled to Russia on their invitation before traveling…
Taliban’s shadow chief for Zari district of northern Balkh province has been killed along with seven fighters during separate security forces’ operations, the Afghan military said Sunday. The statement from the Afghan army’s Shaheen Military Corps received by…
Taliban militants on Saturday closed all schools in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, threatening teachers and students with death, an official said Saturday. Provincial Education Department spokesman Shahpur Arab told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
KABUL, according to a statement on Wednesday. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack carried out by a suicide bomber in Kabul that killed more than 20 Afghans. They also claimed responsibility for a blast in the Parwan…
