As the Taliban’s attacks continue in many provinces in the country, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Washington is assessing whether the group is serious about ending the conflict in Afghanistan. Quoted in a report by Reuters, Blinken said that trying to take back the country by force is not consistent with peace efforts. Afghan Defense Ministry […]

In an interview released on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan declared that if the Taliban takes over Afghanistan by force, Pakistan would not intervene militarily, Arab News reported. Imran Khan spoke with New York Times about Pakistan’s future plans in the context of US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan by 11th September. Imran Khan responded to the question of what […]

Hundreds of people, many of them armed, on Friday poured into streets in 10 provinces of the country to raise their voice in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), announcing their preparation to fight the Taliban. Those who rallied on streets said they will not allow the Taliban to take over their villages. In northern Takhar […]

Taliban offensives in Pul-e-Khumri city in Baghlan to break the defensive fronts but they faced strong response by Afghan commandos and police special forces and their attacks were pushed back; however, pressure remains on the capital city. The security forces assured that they will prevent the Taliban from entering Pul-e-Khumri. Heavy clashes have been underway on the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri […]

President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, met with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday, a key meeting that happens amidst fragile security situation in the country as the international troops are leaving. In this meeting, Biden promised the Afghan leaders a “sustained” partnership even as he moves […]

Two army commanders on Sunday said the Taliban made multiple combined attacks overnight attempting to break key defense areas in the northern city of Pul-e-Khumri, but their attempts failed as they faced resistance by security forces. One of these attacks in the Block Ha area in Pul-e-Khumri continued for three hours, commando forces said. “Their attacks continued last night, but […]

The United States, which has prosecuted a war against Afghanistan since October 2001, has promised to withdraw its combat troops by September 11, 2021. This war has failed to attain any of the gains that were promised after 20 years of fighting: neither has it resulted in the actual fragmentation of terrorist groups nor has it led to the destruction […]

One of the important topics of discussion at the recent NATO summit in Brussels was the Afghan peace process. The protracted peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, the start of the withdrawal of foreign troops and the completion of this process by Sept. 11, 2021, have all raised concerns about the future of the country among the […]

As the U.S. prepares to leave Afghanistan, is it Kazakhstan’s time to shine? The greater Central Asia region is preparing for the departure of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September. While Washington’s “forever war” is coming to an end, regional governments are concerned about a potential spillover of the violence that is (once again) brewing in Afghanistan. One of those […]

The Biden administration is “delusional” if it thinks the Taliban have broken or will break from what is left of the al Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan, says a former top Pakistani diplomat in Washington. Husain Haqqani, who served as Islamabad’s ambassador to the U.S. a decade ago and is now a senior fellow with the Hudson Institute, said the […]