The Afghan forces thwarted a Taliban attack on security checkpoints in southern Kandahar province, killing at least 15 militants, the Defense Ministry (MoD) confirmed. The MoD...
Thursday marked a historic day for Afghanistan as all Taliban prisoners, except for seven, were freed and a number of Afghan National Army Commandos held captive...
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, says that Afghan political parties have already started negotiations with the Taliban, and that initial agreements have been made. In...
The Taliban is believed to have fired a number of rockets at a US army base and a joint US-Afghan airfield in the past few weeks...
Afghanistan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib says the Afghan government would last even if international allies left the country and that an interim government would...
The Afghan government says that it would release the remaining “hard-core” Taliban prisoners by the end of next week, aimed to kick start the long-waited intra-Afghan...
Intra-Afghan negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban will start next week, said Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Thursday....
The Taliban’s chief negotiator Abbas Stanikzai said the group has formed a new 20-member team responsible for holding intra-Afghan talks and negotiations with the United States. ...
A Taliban delegation from their political office in Qatar, led by Mullah Abdul Baradar, met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday to discuss the...
A delegation from the Taliban’s Qatar office will visit Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for formal talks on Tuesday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed. ...
Taliban insurgents attacked the center of Dehyak district in central Ghazni province on Sunday night, local officials confirmed. According to them, the district government compound was...
A Taliban team led by the group’s deputy leader Mullah Abdul Baradar traveled to Pakistan on Sunday to discuss the Afghan peace process with Pakistani officials,...
Afghan security forces have arrested a key Taliban commander in Shakar Dara in Kabul province, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed in a statement Sunday. Mullah...
Russia expects that obstacles related to the prisoner swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban militants will not hinder the start of intra-Afghan talks. Russian...
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Afghan government and the Taliban to immediately start intra-Afghan negotiations. In a series of tweets,...
The Afghan Defense Ministry (MoD) said that the Taliban militants have suffered heavy casualties in clashes in Kunduz province. In a statement released on Friday, the...
President Ashraf Ghani said Thursday that the Afghan government has removed obstacles on the path to peace, and called on the Taliban to call a permanent...
At least 13 pro-government forces and an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier were killed in clashes with Taliban militants in Takhar province on Thursday, police confirmed....
The Afghan government has suspended the controversial release process of 320 “hard-core” Taliban prisoners, the Presidential Palace confirmed Wednesday. Sediq Sediqqi, the Presidential spokesman, told Ariana...
US Special Representative to Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said early Wednesday that Afghan leaders from all sides will have to put their country first, learn from...