Tag: Taliban
Russia seek direct talks between Kabul and Taliban movement
MOSCOW: The Russian side is ready to provide a platform for direct talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia), the...
Istanbul hosts Afghan Taliban talks with the government
KABUL: A quadrilateral intra-Afghan peace dialogue began on Saturday in the Turkish capital Istanbul, to find a negotiated end to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan,...
Afghanistan claims Haqqani network behind big attacks in cities, not Daesh
KABUL: Kabul has claimed that big attacks in Afghanistan were being conducted by Haqqani network under the name of Daesh, according to Tolo News.
“For...
Nine Taliban insurgents killed in Helmand
HELMAND: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Sunday that security forces killed in an operation at least nine Taliban insurgents and 18 were...
Afghanistan’s Hekmatyar denies links with Taliban or ISIS
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hezb-e Islami party, says holding the upcoming presidential election is the only way to solve the crisis in...
Former Taliban hostage appears in court on criminal charges
OTTAWA: A Canadian court on Wednesday postponed a bail hearing for former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who was arrested on Saturday and faces criminal...
US soldier killed, four others wounded in Afghanistan
KABUL: One US soldier has been killed and four others wounded during a "combat engagement” in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, the US military...
Former Taliban captive Boyle arrested on 15 charges including assault
MONTREAL: A Canadian man who was held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years has been arrested on 15 charges,...
Taliban head of suicide operations killed in Afghanistan air strike: local...
KARACHI: A senior Taliban figure, who was in charge of their suicide operations, has been killed among more than a dozen others in an...
It is possible some ‘rogue elements’ in establishment plotted Benazir’s murder:...
Former president Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday told BBC that there may have been some elements in the establishment who colluded with Taliban to assassinate...
BB assassination: How Pakistan covered up killing
Musharraf suggests people in the establishment could have been involved in the murder
UN commission says Zardari’s ministers refused to give interviews
Bilawal...
Taliban kill six police officials in Afghanistan suicide attack
KANDAHAR: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee into a police headquarters in Afghanistan on Friday killing at least six officers and wounding four others,...
One killed, two wounded in Afghanistan mine blast
KABUL: At least one person was killed and two others were wounded in a magnetic mine blast in Balkh province, police said Sunday.
The incident...
Afghanistan says key Taliban commander arrested in Nangarhar night raid
KABUL: At least four Taliban militants were killed and a key commander of the group was arrested in a night raid carried out by...
Trump says US forces will continue to fight Afghan insurgents
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has informed Congress that American forces will continue to fight those who threaten the viability of the Afghan government.
In...
US forces not conducting operations inside Pakistan
WASHINGTON: US troops in Afghanistan are targeting enemies inside Afghanistan but don't have authority to conduct operations in Pakistan, a top US military said.
Kabul...
Six TTP suspects ‘involved’ in ATI attack netted
PESHAWAR: Security agencies on Monday revealed that they have arrested six 'terrorists' suspected of involvement in the Peshawar Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) attack which took...
