The Ghoryan district police chief and three other policemen were killed in the Taliban attack in western Herat province, an official said on Friday. Naqibullah Sultanzoy, the police of Ghoryan district of Herat province, and three other…
The residents of southern Ghazni province say Taliban insurgents have asked people to quit government jobs except in health and education sectors. However, the Taliban say they have not threatened people but have requested them to stop…
Security forces destroyed a Taliban tax collection point during an operation on Kabul-Mazar-i-Sharif Highway in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Wais Samimi, Baghlan police chief, told reporters here that Afghan forces launched an…
US forces carried out airstrikes in three provinces in violation of the Doha agreement, said the Taliban on Monday, threatening a serious response, but the American forces said defending Afghan forces was part of the Doha accord. Taliban…
Reacting to US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s recent remarks that no American soldier was killed in almost a year in Afghanistan, the Presidential Palace on Sunday said the Taliban were now fighting against the Afghan government and…
The Taliban, having no tangible governance plan, remain conservative and hungry for power, claims a member of the government’s negotiating team. Abdul Hafiz Mansoor, participating in a discussion on the first round of peace negotiations and their future…
Eight insurgents and four pro-government fighters were killed during a clash in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, the governor said on Saturday. Governor Zia-ul-HaqAmarkhel wrote on his Facebook page that Taliban militants attacked uprising forces check-posts…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Saturday claimed security forces killed 50 Taliban militants and injured eight others during operations in Lashkargah, the capital city of southern Helmand, and some districts. The MoD in a statement said the…
The Taliban have rejected as fake some leaflets in which the insurgents are directed to attack US and other foreign troops. Pajhwok Afghan News have obtained some papers and audio clips in which Taliban fighters in Farah and…
Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif says the US-Taliban agreement signed in Doha in February is harmful for both Afghanistan and Iran. “What is harmful for Iran and Afghanistan is that the US signs an agreement with the…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday said the Afghan government was consulted on a Taliban delegation’s visit to Pakistan. A statement from the ministry said the government was coordinated about the Taliban’s trip to Islamabad. Led…
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has met the head of Taliban’s political office and chief of the movement’s negotiating team in Qatar. Dr. Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for Taliban’s political office, tweeted: “Friday evening, the head of Taliban’s…
In addition to other topics, a ceasefire will be on the agenda of intra-Afghan peace negotiations in Doha, the Taliban say. Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for Taliban’s political office, tweeted on Friday the agenda would be firmed up…
Taliban militants have given school students mid-term exams in several districts of southern Ghazni province in violation of the government’s decision on shutting schools in cold areas until December 5. Schools, like other government entities, had been…
Over 130 civilians were killed and 342 others wounded in the Taliban attack in the past one month, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Thursday.
Acting National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief on Monday said there were no signs countries interfering in Afghanistan affairs would change their policies and claimed the Taliban and other rebel groups still maintained strong ties and had created…
KABUL captured the Dihrawod district of central Uruzgan province after two months of fighting, an official said on Friday. District Police Chief Jan Mohammad Karimi told Pajhwok Afghan News said the Taliban captured district headquarter, district police headquarter and…
KABUL have urged the American president-elect that implementation of the Doha agreement is the most effective tool of ending the conflict between both the two countries. In a statement, the Taliban said the Doha deal, signed between the US and…
KABUL. In February Trump's administration signed a deal with the Taliban to take American troops out of Afghanistan by May 2021 in exchange for several security guarantees and a commitment from the insurgents to stop trans-national jihadist groups such as…
Local officials say Taliban militants have destroyed a 500-meter portion of the Ghazni-Paktika highway, a claim the insurgent group denied. Haji Mohammad, acting chief of Andar district of Ghazni province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban…
CHARIKAR militant group has been arrested in central Parwan province, local officials said on Monday. Mohammad Lemar Usmanyar, chief for Sayedkhel district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the six individuals were detained near the district’s building at 9:00pm on Sunday night.…
KABUL have been killed, three hideouts and some weapons destroyed in the Afghan Air Force strike in northeastern Badakhshan province, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Friday. The strike took place in the Yaftal Bala locality at a time…
KABUL, in spite of a historic US-Taliban agreement earlier this year, according to a media report on Thursday. Earlier this year, the US signed an agreement with the Taliban committing to withdrawing all American forces from the country by…
KABUL and US officials held talks in Qatar on rebel prisoners and names of rebel leaders on blacklists, the Taliban political office said on Thursday. The delegation-level talks were attended by Taliban political office head Mullah forces commander in Afghanistan…
