A Taliban team, led by the co-founder of the insurgent movement, arrived Wednesday in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani government leaders amid growing calls for a reduction in violence in neighboring Afghanistan. The visit came as the Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks in Afghanistan, striking in northern Baghlan and southern Uruzgan province late on Tuesday and early Wednesday. At […]

Abdul Rahman, deputy head of the provincial council, was killed on Tuesday by a magnetic IED blast, and another council member was wounded, local officials confirmed.

The Taliban has opposed President Ashraf Ghani’s call to hold the next round of the peace negotiations in Afghanistan, saying the request signals fear on the republic’s side.

TOLOnews has seen a document that indicates that a 28-article list of demands has been shared verbally by the Afghan republic’s team with the Taliban, and the Taliban has verbally shared a list of 24 demands with the republic’s negotiators. The republic’s negotiators have been categorized into five sections. A discussion about a ceasefire is on the top of the […]

After more than five decades of continuous conflict, peace remains elusive in Afghanistan. The Central Asian country has a long and troubled history of foreign military occupation, covert intervention, violent acts of militant Islamism, and regional warlords. Moreover, its security has deteriorated even further due to the central government’s inability to establish internal order, secure effective territorial control of the […]

A Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has travelled to Pakistan in response to an invitation from Islamabad. Dr. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s political spokesman tweeted: “Today (Tuesday), a high level delegation led by Mullah Baradar, head of political office, left for Islamabad at the official invitation of neighboring country Pakistan.”

At least 10 security forces, including police chief for Dah Rawood district, have been killed in a Taliban attack in central Uruzgan province.

The US Embassy in Dushanbe, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), yesterday launched a new project to reconstruct and modernize the Chaldovar border post in Shahritous district on the Tajik-Afghan border.

At least 14 security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Baghlan province. A government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants conducted a coordinated attack on a security check-post in Dand-i-Ghor area of Pul-i-Khumri city on Tuesday night.

A Taliban delegation, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the political deputy head of the Taliban’s office in Doha, is expected to meet with high-ranking Pakistani officials on Wednesday, after arriving in the country. The visit comes after an official invitation was extended to the group by the Pakistan government.