Tag: Taliban

KABUL: Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul said it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid mounting tensions between...

A number of Azadi March participants were arrested on Saturday for hoisting Taliban flags during the protest. “The administration of the Azadi March has also...

None of the US-backed reintegration programmes enabled any significant number of ex-combatants to socially and economically rejoin the Afghan society, says an official US...

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) on Monday welcomed China's proposal to host a fresh meeting bringing together Afghan officials and the Taliban, after President...

KABUL: Over 80 Taliban insurgents were killed in air operations by Afghan and US forces in the Kandahar and Faryab provinces alone over the past...

--Afghan govt confirms talks; Taliban claim govt officials participating as ‘private individuals’   BEIJING: The delegations representing the Afghanistan government and Taliban will arrive in Beijing in the...

--Pakistan to do 'whatever possible' to get stakeholders, including Russia and China, to work on guarantees of any successful peace arrangement   ISLAMABAD: A Taliban delegation met...

--PM meets Taliban delegation, says Pakistan will continue to play its role for Afghan peace --FM Qureshi says speedy resumption of talks will help bring 'peace,...

--Taliban delegation to ‘inform Pakistan’s leadership of factors that derailed talks’ --Pakistan says it formally extended invitation to Taliban after hectic diplomatic efforts to help...

KABUL: Tight security ensured Afghanistan’s presidential election was held on Saturday in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and complaints about the voting...

KABUL: A Taliban delegation met China’s special representative for Afghanistan in Beijing on Sunday to discuss the group’s peace talks with the United States, a...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that he would urge US President Donald Trump next week to revive Afghanistan peace talks with the...

--FO reiterates there’s no military to conflict in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD: Hours after the United States announced suspension of talks with Taliban for the Afghan peace...

KABUL: A Taliban suicide blast in the center of Kabul killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 40 on Thursday, destroying cars...

KABUL/PESHAWAR: As U.S. and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether...

The Afghan Taliban have agreed to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad if a formal invitation was extended to the...

KABUL: A private radio station in Afghanistan has shut down after numerous threats from a suspected Taliban commander who objected to women working as...