Almost two weeks after the take over of Kabul, the Taliban says that efforts are still underway to form an inclusive political system in Afghanistan. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a leading member of the Taliban negotiation team, says that leaders of Taliban and Afghan politicians are trying to form a system in which all ethnic groups are represented. “All people […]

The Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is in Afghanistan and currently holding meetings with other Taliban leaders, sources told Ariana News on Sunday. According to the sources, Akhundzada has been in southern Kandahar for the last four days. Sources said the Taliban’s leader is holding meetings with other Taliban leaders about the situation in Afghanistan and the formation of […]

A band of veteran Afghan leaders, including two regional strongmen, are angling for talks with the Taliban and plan to meet within weeks to form a new front for holding negotiations on the country’s next government, a member of a group said. Khalid Noor, son of Atta Mohammad Noor, the once-powerful governor of northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, said the group […]