Tag: Taliban

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Taliban says they are ready to discuss peace and reconciliation with the leaders of Afghan jihadi organisations opposed to the US-led “foreign occupation”...

---Pakistan, Afghanistan reiterate commitment to peace, stability   KABUL: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt Gen (r) Nasser Janjua on Sunday met Afghan Chief Executive Dr...

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban’s silence to the latest offer of unconditional talks by the Kabul government has raised hopes in Islamabad and Washington the insurgent...

--EU envoy says 'offer presents opportunity and a window that should be seized by all parties across conflict lines' BEIJING: China and the European Union...

LASHKAR GAH: Taliban fighters have captured a district centre in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah bordering Iran, where they have battled government security forces...

KABUL: A group of 70 Taliban are ready to join the peace process, Afghan officials said on Sunday. Afghan’s Herat provincial council chairman Kamran Alizai...

FM says 'some institutions' portray their own interests as being in greater national interest and that 'this habit will also be changed soon' Says...

In response to 'Open Letter' published in a US magazine, Taliban say 'we do not care about America, neither do we want to...

--Taliban leadership calls on American officials to 'talk directly' with them to find peaceful solution to Afghan quandary    KABUL: The Afghan Taliban urged the United...

The Taliban on Friday announced stout support for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project, hailing it as a landmark scheme for the country’s economic prosperity. Construction...

--Afghan Taliban say ready to protect TAPI pipeline project because 'it's good for Afghanistan's economy' --Prime Minister Abbasi says TAPI project is a historical opportunity to...

KABUL: An unmanned plane has targeted a drug lab of Taliban in the western Farah province, killing eight militants and destroying a drug lab...

KANDAHAR: Up to three dozen armed militants have been killed and dozens others injured as government forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Miwand district of...

FORT BENNING: As a US Army medic, Sergeant First Class Jonathan Ortega admits that when he gets to Afghanistan, his instinct will be to...

Hutchison says Pakistan has a chance to be a major force for a good BRUSSELS: US Ambassador to North Atlantic Alliance Kay Bailey Hutchison called...

PESHAWAR: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Mehsud Halqa has appointed Maulvi Khatir as acting chief of their faction after TTP’s deputy chief Khan Said Sajna was...

A US drone strike along the Pak-Afghan border in the North Waziristan region has reportedly killed the deputy chief of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...