Tag: Taliban
Taliban, Afghan officials in ceasefire talks, says US general
WASHINGTON: Senior Taliban officials have been secretly negotiating with Afghan officials on a possible ceasefire, the Pentagon said Wednesday, even as US forces killed...
Taliban, IS battling for control of rich mineral resources in Afghanistan:...
Satellite images reveal extensive mining operations not far from the site of a 2017 US airstrike in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan—an attack most...
Taliban kill 3 troops in northern province
KABUL: An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked a military outpost in northern Faryab province, killing three soldiers and wounding six.
Regional army spokesman...
Taliban kill 5 workers clearing land mines
KABUL: An Afghan official says the Taliban killed at least five members of a demining team in southern Kandahar province.
Zia Durrani, spokesman for the...
PTM says TTP video a bid to malign Pashtun movement
--Video circulating on social media shows TTP commander expressing support for PTM
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has rejected a video circulating on the social media...
Afghan officials say Taliban attacks kill 16 security forces
KABUL: Afghan officials say Taliban fighters have attacked several security posts in three provinces, killing 16 security forces.
Ramadan Ali Mooseni, deputy provincial police chief,...
Taliban battle into west Afghan city in new crisis for government
HERAT: Taliban fighters with heavy weapons and night-vision equipment fought their way close to the center of the western city of Farah on Tuesday,...
Taliban fighters close in on provincial city in western Afghanistan
HERAT: Taliban fighters threatened the provincial capital of Farah in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, with fighting underway on the outskirts of the city where...
‘Suicide attacks violate Islamic principles,’ Muslim scholars tell Taliban
JAKARTA: Muslim scholars from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia issued an edict on Friday saying that violent extremism and terrorism, including suicide attacks, are against...
US trying to force political solution on Taliban: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The US goal in Afghanistan is to force the enemy to a political solution, Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W White has told a...
Thirty-five Taliban killed in US airstrikes in Balkh
ARZANKAR: At least 35 Taliban militants were killed and 40 others wounded in US airstrikes in northern Balkh province, Afghanistan National Army (ANA) officials...
Taliban seize Afghan district centre, attack army base
KUNDUZ: Taliban fighters seized a district centre in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, while a bomb at an army base in the southern province of...
Taliban announce spring offensive, dismiss peace overtures
KABUL: The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive on Wednesday, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but...
Malala plans resettlement in Pakistan permanently
Nobel laureate says people are active for a better Pakistan
‘I have same right on Pakistan as any another Pakistani’
ISLAMABAD/MINGORA: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest...
Khawaja Asif says need to pressurise Taliban to join peace process
KABUL: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said bringing Taliban to the negotiating table and establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan is a shared responsibility...
Uzbekistan offers to host talks between Afghan government and Taliban
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan offered on Tuesday to host peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a move that could make Tashkent a player...
Russia denies aiding Afghan Taliban in wake of US general’s comments
KABUL: Russia has rejected comments by NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in...
