Some sources claim the Taliban have restricted women’s movement and some organizations in areas under their control, but the Taliban and residents termed the claim as untrue. Claim: Taliban impose restrictions on women and some organizations in areas under…
Dozens of Taliban insurgents have been killed and the group’s shadow governor for southeastern Paktika province has been injured during airstrikes on Friday, an official said. A spokesman for the Paktika governor, Ghazi Danish, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Second Vice-President Sarwar Danish says the Taliban do not represent any ethnic group as they have fought against all ethnic communities over the past 27 years.
The Taliban captured the Ala Sae district of central Kapesa province on Wednesday, a local representative said. Provincial Council Head Mohammad Hussain Sanji said the Taliban overran the district this afternoon. A local security source and the…
Top US commander in Afghanistan did not rule out fresh airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, warning civil war was a possibility if the ongoing security situation in the country not changed. Talking to reports in Kabul on…
A security official claimed that 14 Taliban insurgents have been killed and two security forces wounded during a battle in northwestern Jawzjan province, but the Taliban rejected the claim. Paighumber Qul Khuram, National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief…
National Security Advisor Dr. HamdullahMohib has praised Pakistan Minister of Interior Sheikh Rashid over disclosing Pakistan-Taliban relations. Pakistan Minister of Interior in a “Jirga” program on GeoNewstv said that the family members of some Taliban leaders reside in…
High National Reconciliation Council chairman Dr. Abdullah Abdullah says the Taliban do not want negotiations and instead trying to seize power through force, which he described as a big mistake. Abdullah was addressing a press conference in Kabul…
Pakistan interior minister Sheikh Rashid has asked the Afghan Taliban not to allow Pakistani Taliban and other groups to harm the neighboring country.
The Taliban claim to have captured 18 districts in 14 provinces in the past one month but the Ministry of Defence (MoD) denies it and says security forces tactically retreated some areas in order to prevent civilian casualties.…
Taliban insurgents carried out 1,455 attacks since the start of foreign troops’ withdrawal process from Afghanistan, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Saturday.
More than 180 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 58 others wounded in the past 24 hours across the country, the Ministry of Defence claimed on Friday. As many as 183 militants suffered fatalities during operations in Nangarhar,…
National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Monib on Saturday said no contact had been with Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhund since a year, a claim rejected by the group. Talking to a press conference in Kabul, Mohib said…
The Taliban on Wednesday said the Afghan nation would not remain silent over establishment of a US military base across the Durand Line and those who made ‘this mistake’’ would be responsible for any consequences. The reaction from…
Deputy Interior Minister Seddiq Sediqi in response to Pakistan’s criticism on Afghanistan policy on Thursday said that the neighboring country should close terrorist centers and stop support to them. A day earlier, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi…
The Taliban have evinced a keen interest in holding meaningful peace negotiations talks with the government team in Doha, a media report said on Monday. The resumption of substantive talks in coming days would the deadlock in the…
Afghan government and Taliban negotiators have agreed to continue their peace negotiations in Doha. Both sides said the delegates said exchanged Eid al-Fitr greetings at their meeting in the capital of Qatar on Friday. They discussed the current…
The Taliban have no justification for their jihad in Afghanistan now that foreign forces are exiting the country, says the British military chief.
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday asked the Afghan security forces to observe truce during Eid-ul-Fitr holiday but strongly respond to any violations from militants. A statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that the…
National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib on Saturday claimed international pressures on Pakistan to stop supporting militants had increased and that was why a senior Pakistani official would visit Afghanistan in near future. Addressing a security meeting in Kabul,…
Taliban say they do not want monopoly on power, but are also against coalition governments which had proven futile throughout the history of Afghanistan. Dr. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s spokesman for Qatar office, tweeted that the group’s deputy chief…
Taliban fighters have claimed taking control of a major dam in southern Kandahar province an assertion confirmed by local officials. “We have seized the Dahla Dam in Arghandab district,” Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf was quoted as saying by…
A senior congressional lawmaker has hit out at US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned the presidential decision would leave the conflict-battered country vulnerable. On…
The Taliban, if they gain power, will roll back much of the progress made on Afghan women's rights, warn US intelligence analysts. In a report released on Tuesday, the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) said the insurgents might…
