The lightning speed with which the Taliban has overrun large swathes of rural territories in Afghanistan’s north has shocked locals and surprised foreign observers with some worrying whether the internationally recognized government in Kabul can weather the storm. But the speed of the Taliban’s advances has everyone asking how a group composed of ragtag militants could overrun dozens of districts […]

Britain will work with the Taliban should they enter the government in Afghanistan, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace told the Daily Telegraph in an interview published on Tuesday. “Whatever the government of the day is, provided it adheres to certain international norms, the UK government will engage with it,” he was quoted as saying in the newspaper https://bit.ly/3r4LR6U. However, Wallace […]

Ned Price, US State Department spokesman, on Wednesday, urged Afghanistan’s neighbors to play a constructive role in Afghan peace talks “in order for there to be a just and durable peace” in the country. “What Iran is trying to do or is in the process of doing by hosting this meeting may well be constructive. I think the jury is […]

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. […]