Tag: Taliban
Pakistan joins US-led call for Afghan ceasefire, talks
WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Friday joined the United States, Russia and China in a call on the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire and negotiations with...
Taliban launch major attack in central Afghanistan amid intra-Afghan summit in...
KABUL: A Taliban attack on a government security compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least eight security personnel and six civilians and...
US, Taliban to open Doha talks in fresh bid to end...
ISLAMABAD: A fresh round of talks between the U.S. and the Taliban is to begin in Qatar Saturday, just days after U.S. Secretary of...
Taliban detain Afghan peace marchers, supporters say
Afghan peace protesters marching through Taliban territory have been detained by the insurgents, two supporters of the movement told AFP on Tuesday.
The so-called People’s...
Blast, gunfire heard as Taliban militants target aid group office in...
KABUL: Taliban militants have attacked the offices of an international aid group in central Kabul, setting off a huge blast and battling Afghan security...
US-Taliban talks stumble over troop withdrawal
--Taliban spokesman says 'if we are not able to finalise it in this round, then ... peace would be far away rather than being...
13 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan police compound
KABUL: At least 13 people were killed and dozens more wounded after a Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a police headquarters in northern...
Taliban kill 7 policemen in Afghanistan’s Badghis province
KABUL: At least seven Afghan policemen were killed overnight when the Taliban stormed security checkpoints in western Badghis province.
Mohammad Naser Nazari, a provincial councilman,...
Afghan vice president narrowly escapes death for a second time
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Afghanistan’s Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the...
Taliban capture 50 border police as fighting intensifies in western Afghanistan
KABUL: At least 50 members of the Afghan security forces have surrendered to the Taliban in a fight for control of Afghanistan’s western province...
Mullah Baradar optimistic about peace, tries to reassure Afghans
KABUL: The Taliban political chief, who headed the delegation during the most recent round of peace talks with the United States, said on Thursday that...
Taliban deny discussing ceasefire, Afghan dialogue with US
KABUL: The Taliban denied on Friday that they were discussing a ceasefire and dialogue with the Kabul government during ongoing talks with the US in...
Taliban sources report progress on troop withdrawal
--Taliban in a statement said the Doha talks are advancing gradually due to their important nature
KABUL: The US negotiators and the Taliban members have reached...
US tries to safeguard Afghan peace push from India-Pakistan crisis
WASHINGTON : The United States is trying to prevent simmering tensions between India and Pakistan from impacting a third country: Afghanistan, where a fragile...
Taliban say peace talks with US ongoing with ‘care and vigilance’
DOHA: Peace talks between the Taliban and the US are progressing on a "step-by-step" basis, a spokesman from the militant group said Sunday, following a...
Taliban target Afghan army corps, killing 23 soldiers
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban insurgents targeted an Afghan army corps at their camp in southern Helmand province, killing at least 23, officials said on Saturday.
Omar Zwak,...
US military to exit Afghanistan within five years under peace plan
All American troops would withdraw from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan being offered in peace negotiations...
