Local officials on Sunday claimedd the Taliban’s shadow governor for central Logar province was among 22 rebels killed in foreign forces airstrikes and fight. Ahmad Shkil Tasal, spokesman of 4th ground brigade in Logar told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Local officials on Saturday said Taliban militants lashed a girl and a man for elopement charges in a kangaroo court in Almar district of northwestern Faryab province. Abdul Karim Yourish, Faryab police spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The Taliban. Suhail Shaheen, Taliban’s chief spokesperson, said in an interview published on Saturday: “We have an agreement on a timeframe for the withdrawal.” Shaheen was quoted as saying by Pakistan’s leading newspaper Dawn that the ongoing talks…
KABUL representatives resumed their peace talks in the Qatari capital Doha last night and would sit again late Friday, a source said. The source in Qatar told Pajhwok Afghan News the two sides started their latest and ninth round of…
KABUL have been under the government’s watch. President Ghani expressed these views while celebrating the country’s 100th Independence Day at the newly renovated Darul Aman Palace on Wednesday evening. The event was first addressed by Independent Directorate of Local Governance…
KABUL. The top diplomat tweeted: “Productive week in Washington. Briefed management on where we are and next steps. Back on the road again. “First stop Doha where we will try and close on remaining issues. We are ready. Let’s see…
KABUL’s Qatar office says no date has been set yet so far for signing a a peace deal with the the United States. Sohail Shaheen, spokesman for Taliban’s Qatar office, said on Sunday some parts of the agreement were yet…
KABUL, indicating progress in Qatar negotiations with the insurgent group. During a meeting with his security team at the White House on Friday, Trump signaled headway in efforts for a peace deal with the Taliban. He billed discussions with top…
KABUL’s southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, media reports said. Foreign media outlets quoted Taliban sources as saying Hafiz Ahmadullah, the younger brother of the Taliban leader, was among four people killed in the blast on the outskirts of Quetta. DawnNewsTV…
Local people say Taliban militants forced telecom companies to suspend their services over night in northern Baghlan province. A tribal elder from Baghlan, Sayed Kamal Wardak told Pajhwok Afghan News that telecom services were suspended during the night…
KABUL member were arrested in capital Kabul. Nasrat Rahimi, MoI spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan special police forces launched an operation in the limits of eighth and fifth police districts and Bagrami district of Kabul on Tuesday night.…
KABUL militants have released 76 war prisoners from their custody on the account of Eidul Adha and want to release more, the group’s prisoner commission said on Sunday. The Taliban prisoner commission in a statement said the prisoners were freed…
The newly-appointed police chief for Charchino district of central Uruzgan province has been killed by Taliban militants along with three colleagues, a source said on Sunday. Taliban militants surrounded the district police chief, Naqibullah, last night for several…
Taliban militants abducted and killed seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers on the Gardez-Pattan highway in southeastern Paktia province, a public representative and residents said on Wednesday. Abdul Malik Zazai, the provincial council chairman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL’s political office in Doha has travelled to Uzbekistan for talks on bilateral ties. Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen told Pajhwok Afghan News the ongoing peace process, national projects in Afghanistan and greater bilateral ties would be discussed with Uzbek officials.…
KABUL warned on Tuesday of attacking presidential election rallies, asking the people to keep aloof from such gatherings. In a statement on its website, the militant movement asked its fighters to stand against the ballot, slated for September 28. The…
KABUL. In a report on Tuesday, UNAMA said more civilians were killed by Afghan and foreign forces than by Taliban and other militants over the last six months. At least 403 civilians were killed by Afghan forces and another 314…
KABUL on Sunday ruled out direct negotiations with the Afghan government. A spokesman for the insurgent movement also spurned a statement from the state minister for peace affairs about plans to hold such a meeting in the next two weeks.…
KABUL militants through an inclusive 15-member delegation and the talks could happen within next two weeks. A statement from the newly-created Ministry of Peace Affairs said preparations for holding the talks were underway and the direct talks were expected to…
KABUL. ““We hope to complete the negotiating team in near future. This team will be concise and inclusive,” Sediqqi tweeted. He added the Afghan government was committed to the peace process and that the Afghan people wanted the government to…
Taliban militants have released 30 lapis lazuli mine security guards in Keran wa Menjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province after a week, an official said on Tuesday. The militants took control of the lapis lazuli mine and captured 30…
Taliban’s designated administrative chief for Chahar Bolak district of northern Balkh province has been arrested by security forces, the Afghan military said on Saturday. In a statement, the Afghan National Army’s 209 Shaheen Military Corps said the shadow…
The Taliban centres in central Maidan Wardak province to function, according to local sources on Friday. Forty-two health centers, supported by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, were closed since July 13. After Afghan force raid on health centres…
KABUL militants have taken control of a lapis lazuli mine and captured 30 security forces in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. Abdul Rahim Farhat, the Keran wa Minjan district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban…
