Miller made the remarks on a trip to the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday where he was accompanied by Afghan Army Chief Gen. Yasin Zia. Gen. Scott Miller, the US and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, has said that the Taliban’s continued violence is an obstacle in the way toward peace in Afghanistan.

At least three Daesh insurgents were killed on Tuesday night during a special operation by security forces in the Bagrami area of Jalalabad, in Nangarhar province, the governor’s media office said in a statement.

A House of Lords committee on Tuesday recommended that British troops should stay in Afghanistan until peace talks with the Taliban are over and urged the British government to shape its own policy rather than simply follow the United States.

Helmand provincial police chief Wali Jan Sarhadi said Wednesday that Afghan security and defense forces have cleared the Nawa district road of insurgents and that the road has reopened to traffic.

Hizb-e-Wahadat-e-Islami Chairman Muhammad Karim Khalili met with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker, Asad Qaiser in Islamabad on Monday and discussed the Afghan peace process among other issues. Khalili, who is leading a delegation on a three-day visit to Islamabad, has also already met with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshiis and is expected to meet with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, and […]

Hizb-e-Wahadat-e-Islami Chairman Muhammad Karim Khalili on Tuesday met with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and chief of army Qamar Javed Bajwa where they discussed issues of mutual interest, peace and stability in the region, and the Afghan peace process.

Taliban sources from the peace talks team said on Tuesday not all negotiators from their side have returned to Doha. This comes after peace talks officially resumed eight days ago – although the first actual meeting was only held on Saturday.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Afghan politician Mohammad Karim Khalili on Tuesday and discussed bilateral relations and the Afghan peace process.

The top US diplomat has claimed, without evidence, that the Islamist militant group has established a new base of operations in Iran, moving away from Afghanistan and Pakistan. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that al-Qaida had established a new home base in Iran. He claimed the militant group had “burrowed inside” the country, making it harder for […]

Intra-Afghan talks have resumed after a 20-day recess amid increased attacks and assassinations in Kabul along with trepidation over what comes next. On one hand, the Afghan government must accept that calling the U.S.-Afghan relationship an “alliance” does not change the reality that it is merely a partnership with a dwindling number of shared goals. In fact, the opportunity to […]