Tajikistan has appealed to member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help in dealing with security challenges emerging from neighboring Afghanistan, Tajik media reported Thursday. In an appeal on Wednesday, Dushanbe reportedly said it could not manage the instability at its border without external assistance. “Given the current situation in the region, as well as the remoteness […]

Badghis provincial capital, Qala-e-Naw, was the scene of heavy clashes Thursday between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the Taliban, local sources told Ariana News. Provincial officials meanwhile said that security forces were able to push back the Taliban and keep them from entering the city. This comes after Taliban on Wednesday launched their offensive on Qala-e-Naw […]

President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said the Taliban rejected a peace proposal and labeled them a rebel group. Addressing a program on mineral’s week, Ghani said that following the US troop withdrawal announcement Afghanistan has faced problems. But he was confident the problems will be resolved. According to Ghani Afghans have a strong will to build their country. “We proposed […]

Introduction On July 7, 2021 Iran hosted talks between the Afghan Government and Taliban (the Taliban delegation was led by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai). The same day, the Taliban attacked the Badghis provincial capital Qalat-i-Naw. Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif emphatically stated that the Afghan people should decide their own future, while also stating that there was a major threat […]

With U.S. and coalition combat troops all but gone from Afghanistan, Western officials are preparing to face down terrorist threats with the promise of “over-the-horizon” capabilities that may be ill-suited to the danger that groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State currently pose. U.S. officials, both publicly and privately, insist both terror groups are a shadow of their former selves. Al-Qaida, they […]

Taliban attacks on several security outposts in Ghazni city were pushed back on Sunday morning, the provincial police office said in a statement. The Taliban attacked security outposts in PD3, PD6, PD1 and PD5 in the early hours of Sunday morning, the statement said, adding “the Taliban faced a response from the joint security forces, and their attacks were pushed […]

The U.S. is “watching with deep concern” as Taliban insurgents take control of more and more territory in Afghanistan while American forces are quickly returning home under President Joe Biden’s withdrawal orders, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Sunday. “This is the time for [Afghan government troops] to step up and defend their country,” Kirby told the “Fox News Sunday” show. […]

Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has expressed concern over the worsening situation in Afghanistan, terming it “extremely bad and out of Pakistan’s control”. Briefing the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday, he warned of an impending risk of an attack by Tehreek-i-Taliban, who, he said, could enter Pakistan from Afghanistan disguised as refugees. The national security adviser stressed […]

Taliban fighters seized control on Thursday of a key district in western Afghanistan that includes a major border crossing with Iran, Afghan security officials said, as the Islamist insurgents continued their rapid military advances around the country. In the last week, the Taliban have overrun areas bordering five countries – Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China and Pakistan – as foreign forces […]

A Taliban delegation in Moscow said on Friday that the group controlled over 85% of territory in Afghanistan and reassured Russia it would not allow the country to be used as a platform to attack others. Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Dilawar says they have “85% of Afghan soil under their control.” Dilawar also said that the Taliban have controlled all 28 […]