Gul Ahmad Noorzad, a Nimroz MP, confirmed Thursday morning that the Kang district of the province fell to the Taliban overnight. Noorzad said about 30 security personnel were killed, wounded or taken hostage by the Taliban. He said the local administration and security officials knew about the attack but failed to take proactive steps to get reinforcements into the area. […]

Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in Fatehabad area of Sorkh Rud district of Nangarhar province on Thursday morning and have blocked access for motorists along a road that leads to Kabul. Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the Taliban had blown up three bridges on a secondary road between Kabul and Jalalabad, and have closed it […]

Herat officials said Thursday morning that the security forces in the province notched up a major achievement by repelling the Taliban overnight after the militants launched seven attacks across four areas of the city during the night. This comes after battles in the city of Herat entered their 9th day on Thursday. Herat Governor Abdul Sabur Qani said the Taliban […]

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State spoke on the phone Thursday with Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), and reiterated Washington’s commitment to seek a just and durable political settlement that ends the war in Afghanistan. “They discussed ways to accelerate peace negotiations and achieve a political settlement that is inclusive, respects the rights of […]

Former first vice president, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum said on Thursday that Taliban have accelerated their efforts to seize control of at least one province in the country. According to Dostum, Herat, Takhar, Jawzjan, Kandahar, and Helmand are the provinces of choice that the Taliban is hoping to have control over. However, security forces and uprising forces have repelled attacks […]