Tag: Afghan Taliban
Condition of captive American, Australian teachers worsening each day: Taliban
PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban on Monday issued a statement saying that the health condition of American Professor Kevin King and his Australian colleague Timothy Weeks, was...
Taliban kill 9 police officers in eastern Afghanistan
An Afghan official has said at least nine police officers have been killed in separate attacks by Taliban insurgents on police checkpoints in eastern...
Pakistan won’t fight America’s proxy war in Afghanistan
--Foreign Minister Asif tells Senate Pakistan has told Tillerson US must admit it has lost the Afghan war
--Says Pakistan will cooperate in war against...
US-Canadian couple was not in Pakistan but in Afghanistan, Taliban rubbish...
The claims made by incumbent CIA chief Mike Pompeo where he alleged that the US- Canadian couple was held in Pakistan throughout their years...
Navy SEALs were ready if Pakistan failed to free hostage family from Afghan...
A CIA drone was circling a remote valley in northwest Pakistan last month when it picked up an unusual sight: a young woman and children in...
Russia supplying free fuel to Taliban in war against NATO forces:...
Russia is supporting the Afghan Taliban against NATO forces through a covert programme of laundered fuel sales, The Times said in a report on...
US should try to limit drone strikes during Afghan-Taliban peace talks:...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the United States should try and limit drone strikes when efforts to revive Afghan-Taliban peace dialogue...
Freed Canadian hostage thought Taliban were joking when they told him...
Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was recently rescued along with his family after five years in Taliban captivity, said he thought his captors...
Afghan Taliban deny Joshua Boyle’s claims of murder, rape
PESHAWAR: A Taliban spokesman denied on Sunday accusations by a Canadian man that one of his children had been murdered and his wife raped...
At least 12 Afghan policemen killed in Kandahar suicide attack
KANDAHAR: At least a dozen Afghan security forces officials were killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself up in the...
US, Pakistan talks ‘put off’ for now
Alice Wells' visit postponed on Pakistan's request
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and US embassy in Islamabad Sunday announced postponement of a visit...
US aware of Taliban’s presence in Pakistan: Gen Nicholson
War of words has escalated between the two countries following the US allegations that Pakistan is harbouring terrorists.
Afghan HPC blames Pakistan for failure of Taliban peace talks
KABUL: Afghanistan's High Peace Council (HPC) has slammed Pakistan for its controversial role in the Afghan peace process, saying Islamabad has been the key...
US, Australian hostages appear in Afghan Taliban video
An American and an Australian have appeared in a Taliban hostage video, five months after they were kidnapped from Kabul.
Gunmen wearing police uniforms abducted...
Afghan Taliban hang university student over suspected assassination: official
Taliban militants hanged a university student in public in a village west of Kabul after accusing him of involvement in the death of a...
Taliban leadership leaves Pakistan for Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman
In order to build on 2016’s gains in the war and to establish a permanent presence, agencies reported that Afghan Taliban leaders might have...
Talks with Afghan govt, Taliban only way to restore peace in...
Pakistan Representative to United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi said that dialogue between the Afghan government and Taliban is the only way to end long...
