The Taliban representatives met with the U.S. officials in UAE on Monday amid growing efforts to end 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman of the Taliban in a statement said that representatives from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the UAE will also attend the meeting. The meeting is a part of diplomatic efforts to resolve the Afghan […]

Six Taliban insurgents were killed and eight others wounded during clashes with security forces in southern Zabul province, police said on Sunday. Police chief Col. Mohammad Mustafa Mayar told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants attacked police check-posts in Arghandab district on Saturday night.

At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban militants attacked an army facility in western province of Farah last night, an official said Sunday. Nine more soldiers were abducted by the insurgents following the attack which happened in Farah Rod area of Balabluk district, said Dadullah Qani, a provincial council member.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that the United States (US) has admitted Pakistan’s viewpoint that dialogue was the only solution to bring about peace in Afghanistan. Talking to the media, he said that the use of force was not a solution to the Afghanistan issue. He said that US President Donald Trump had agreed with Pakistan’s stance […]

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has reiterated the US government’s support to promote the negotiations among Afghans required to bring the conflict to an end, a statement from the US embassy in Kabul said on Tuesday. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, visited Kabul from November 10-12. During the visit, he met with a number of stakeholders in Afghanistan, both […]

At least eight Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike carried out by the U.S. forces in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast in a statement said the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Andar district.

Any US military role in Afghanistan after peace would be conditions-based, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Tuesday. “Any US military, coalition role after the peace is reached would be conditions-based worked out with the Afghan government depending on the threat,” Mattis said during a discussion at the US Institute of Peace. According to Mattis, the new US […]

The United States National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton and Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo held separate talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington, where issues in Afghanistan dominated the separate meetings. Qureshi is visiting Washington on Pompeo’s invitation, who had visited Islamabad earlier this month to hold talks with the newly elected government.

At least 24 militants were killed and 6 wounded in military offensives carried out by Afghan security forces within the past day. The defense ministry in a statement said that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security launched joint operations against insurgents in different areas in Ghazni, Logar, Helmand, Nimroz, Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, […]

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday held comprehensive meetings with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, to discuss bilateral ties, regional security and issues of mutual interests.