General David Petraeus, former commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and former CIA director in an interview with has said that the US troops withdrawal from the country “is not going to end the endless war in Afghanistan.” “It is going to end the US and the coalition involvement in that war militarily” he said in an interview […]

Juma Shah, the police chief for Sar Rawza district in Paktika, was killed and three of his security guards were wounded in a blast in the province on Tuesday night, local security officials said. The incident happened when he was on the way to Dewana Baba area where Taliban attacked security forces, a local official said, adding that “the police […]

Areas of Burka district in Baghlan have fell to the Taliban on Tuesday night after clashes, security sources confirmed. The local officials have moved their offices to other places in the district after the Taliban captured some parts of the district about 10 pm local time, according to the sources. In the meantime, Jawid Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial […]

Haji Din Mohammad, the deputy head of the High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR), on Wednesday said that the UN-led conference on Afghanistan is expected to convene in the last week of May or first week of June. Originally, the conference was scheduled for April 24, however, it was postponed due to the lack of participation of the Taliban. According […]

Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan’s National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, on Wednesday said that the Afghan mujahideen are ready for a military confrontation with the Taliban if the group does not abide by its commitments to peace. In a gathering in Kabul, Massoud and former jihadi commanders called on the Afghan people and mujahideen commanders to stay unified, stating […]

At least five policemen were killed in a Taliban attack on a security outpost in Logar province on Wednesday night, a security source said. The Taliban attacked a security outpost located about 500 meters from Pul-e-Alam, capital of the province, according to the source. However, the Taliban has not yet commented on the attack.

Two security force bases fell to the Taliban in the Shahr-e-Kohna area of Baghlan-e-Markzai district in Baghlan province on Wednesday night, local sources said. There is no information about casualties sustained by security forces, sources say. Baghlan police officials said that the security force members had been pushed back. The Taliban launched attacks in the Baghlan-e-Markzai and Nahrin districts of […]

At least four civilians were wounded in a blast in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday morning, a member of the provincial council, Rabbani Rabbani said. The incident happened about 10:20 am local time in Mokhaberat square in PD4 of Kunduz city after a civilian car was targeted by a magnetic mine, Rabbani said. In the meantime, the “explosion […]

The High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR) on Thursday said that the US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told the Afghan government that the Taliban in principle have no problem with participating in the upcoming UN-led conference on Afghanistan in Turkey. Assadullah Saadati, the deputy head of the HCNR, said that the Taliban want to convene a preliminary meeting before heading […]

Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and six others injured in Pakistan in a cross border attack in Balochistan’s Manzakai Sector in District Zhob, Pakistani officials confirmed. According to Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), terrorists from Afghanistan opened fire at the FC personnel who, at the time, were busy fencing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for […]