Tag: Taliban
Afghan team arrives in UAE to join Taliban peace talks
ABU DHABI: An Afghan peace negotiations team has arrived in Abu Dhabi, an official said Tuesday, a day after talks attended by US and...
Taliban attach strings to US call for ceasefire
--Afghan Taliban say will consider six-month ceasefire if Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE guarantee US will establish interim govt in Kabul
--Repeat demand for complete...
12 children among 20 Afghan civilians killed in Kunar airstrike
ASADABAD: At least 20 Afghan civilians, including 12 children, were killed in an airstrike targeting a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Kunar late...
Taliban kill 14 troops in Afghanistan’s Herat
HERAT: The Afghan Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two army outposts in western Herat province, killing 14 Afghan soldiers and taking 21...
PM Imran vows Pakistan’s full support to Afghan peace
--US special envoy Khalilzad says Washington looking for mutual cooperation between both countries
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan wanted a...
Taliban hold talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar: sources
KABUL: The Taliban have held three days of talks with United States (US) envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the...
There’s more to SP Tahir’s murder than meets the eye, govt...
--PM Imran Khan calls for investigation into killing of senior Peshawar cop who was abducted from Islamabad and found dead in Afghanistan
--Pakistan Army spokesman...
Thousands of Afghans flee fighting in Hazara districts
GHAZNI: Thousands of Afghans have fled to Ghazni city to escape fighting in two Hazara-dominated districts, with some describing the violence on Tuesday as...
US peace envoy to visit Afghanistan, Qatar, Pakistan, UAE
WASHINGTON: US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will visit Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar from November 8...
16 Taliban killed in Baghlan military operation
KABUL: At least 16 armed Taliban insurgents were killed during a joint operation between Afghan forces and foreign forces in Baghlan province, local officials...
Taliban tax collectors help tighten group’s grip in Afghanistan
KABUL: Every two months, Mohammaddin visits a tax collector in Chardara district, in northern Afghanistan, and is given receipts to show he has paid...
Afghan Shi’ite militia battles Taliban, raising sectarian fears
KANDAHAR: A week of fighting between Taliban militants and fighters loyal to a commander from the mainly Shi’ite Hazara minority has heightened fears of...
Maulana Samiul Haq laid to rest in Akora Khattak, no clue...
--Police briefly detain secretary, servant of JUI-S chief for interrogation
--Funeral attended by KP CM, governor besides high-profile political leaders
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) chief and ‘Father...
Pakistan acknowledges release of Taliban leader Mullah Baradar
After a silence of a few days on the release of Afghan Taliban leaders, Pakistan government on Sunday acknowledged releasing its co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar...
US Treasury sanctions target Taliban, Iranian backers
WASHINGTON: The United States targeted Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency on Tuesday with sanctions against eight individuals, including two linked to the Quds Force of Iran’s...
Army hands over administrative control of Swat to civilian authorities
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Army on Monday handed administrative powers of the Swat region to the civilian authorities, ending a decade-long military operation to flush out...
Air raid kills 30 Taliban militants in N Afghanistan
PUL-E-KHUMRI: Up to 30 militants were killed as fighting aircraft targeted a Taliban gathering in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the northern Baghlan province on Sunday,...
