NATO security officials are in talks with Qatar about providing a military base to help train Afghan army units after foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan later this year, Reuters reports. “We are holding talks to earmark a base in Qatar to create an exclusive training ground for senior members of the Afghan forces,” said a senior Western security official in […]

The Afghan government is in talks over the security of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the Office of the National Security Council (NSC) said on Wednesday. Afghanistan will decide about the issue in light of its national interests, the NSC said. Meanwhile, the Presidential Palace has also pledged that all airports in Afghanistan will remain operational once the foreign […]

Afghan security forces retook the center of Dawlat Abad district in northern Faryab province on Wednesday morning, the Army’s 209 Shaheen Corps said in a statement. Security forces launched a clearing operation on Tuesday night with air support in the center of the district and cleared it of Taliban, the statement said. The statement did not provide further details about […]

Amnesty International in a statement on Wednesday called on the Afghan authorities to investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of a “brutal” series of attacks amounting to war crimes that have killed at least 24 civilians in little over a week. Samira Hamidi, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner stated: “The targeting of civilians with near-total impunity continues unabated. While […]

The Taliban are reportedly opposed to a Turkish initiative for a contingent of Ankara’s troops to remain in the country to guard Kabul airport after US and international forces complete their withdrawal from the country in September. Contacted by Reuters via text, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen bundled Muslim-majority Turkey together with other NATO members, affirming the groups’s stance that it […]

Taliban militants captured the Arghanjkha district of Badakhshan province on Wednesday evening, sources said. The government, however, stated that the Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) retreated from the district following two days of heavy clashes with the militants. At least 11 soldiers and one member of the public uprising forces have been killed in the skirmish. Khalil-ul-Rahman, Badakhshan Police […]

Turkey should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan under the 2020 deal for the pullout of U.S. forces, a Taliban spokesman said on Thursday, effectively rejecting Ankara’s proposal to guard and run Kabul’s airport after U.S.-led NATO forces depart. The development raises serious questions for the United States, other countries and international organizations with missions in Kabul about how to securely […]

The Taliban militants have captured the Ashkamash district of Northern Takhar province, sources said Friday. Mohammad Azam Afzali, a member of the Provincial Council, said that the Afghan security forces are under siege by the Taliban in the central Bazar of the district. “Due to the lack of reinforcements, the troops retreated from the district police headquarters last night and […]

The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation has hailed the signing of the Declaration of Peace in Afghanistan by Afghan and Pakistani scholars at a meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia in Makkah on Thursday. The conference, organised by the Muslim World League, brought together senior scholars from both countries for the first time with the aim of supporting peace efforts in Afghanistan, […]

The Taliban in Afghanistan attacked check posts in the country’s central Ghor province, killing at least 19 security personnel and injuring 12 others, an official said on Saturday. “The condition of the injured is serious. The district will fall to the Taliban if additional forces do not reach,” Sulaiman Yosufy, governor of the Tulak district, told Anadolu Agency. The Taliban, […]