Former President Hamid Karzai while talking to Arab News has warned against withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan before peace deal between Afghan government and the Taliban.

At least two Afghan army officers including a battalion commander were killed Friday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Balkh province, the military said.

Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Friday said the peace talks will not end violence in the country if all Afghan factions are not included in the process. Speaking at a gathering on the invasion of former soviet forces on Afghanistan, Hekmatyar said “NATO has been defeated in Afghanistan” and that the war continues in the country over the last four […]

The Taliban have so far not commented about the place of Baradar’s meeting with wounded members of the group. Afrasiab Khattak, a former Pakistani senator and analyst of regional affairs, says Pakistan pursues its interests in Afghanistan through the Taliban and that the group’s approach towards the peace process has remained unchanged as it still favors violence in the country.