The Afghan National Security Directorate of Afghanistan (NDS) said Tuesday that the Taliban has no authority in making a decision in the Afghan peace process as the group is “taking orders from Pakistan.” The national spy agency claimed that Pakistan has called Taliban commanders to Peshawar and Quetta in preparation for the Taliban’s spring offensive. Briefing Afghan Senate members in […]

Pakistan’s intelligence agency has summoned the Taliban’s shadow governors and commanders to wage war in Afghanistan, said Nazar Ali Wahidi, the deputy head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence agency.

Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon on the second and the last day of the ninth Hearth of Asia – Istanbul Process conference in Dushanbe on Tuesday said the last four decades of conflicts in Afghanistan have shown that there is no military solution to the issue of Afghanistan except for diplomatic and political efforts. Rahmon said his country is in favor […]

“We have defeated the enemy.” The international community is scrambling to secure peace in Afghanistan, but the Taliban believe they have the upper hand — and are saying as much. The Taliban’s swagger is unmistakable. From the recent bellicose speech of their deputy leader, boasting of “conquests,” to sneering references to the “foreign masters” of the “illegitimate” Kabul government, to […]

Nine insurgents, including a Taliban commander, were killed in operations across three provinces, an official said. Taliban commander Mullah Dilbar was among those killed in operations spanning Jawzjan, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces, Police Zone 303 spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai said. Meanwhile, a Taliban commander Mullah Sayed was detained in the Khenjan district of Baghlan. During the operations, many explosive devices […]

The United States reportedly asked the Taliban to agree to the continued presence of American forces for three or six months in Afghanistan after the May 1 deadline, sources close to the Taliban have said. According to the sources, the Taliban has so far not made their final decision about the request; however, the group has apparently insisted that first […]

Afghan politicians say Afghanistan as a whole, and government, has not yet settled on a single agenda to be presented at the Istanbul Summit scheduled for early April. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is working on a plan to reduce violence and end the war – a plan that will be presented to delegates at the summit.

While efforts are underway by the US to accelerate the peace process, and concerns grow about the Taliban’s looming Spring Offensive, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that all youths in the country must think of ways in which Afghanistan’s problems can be solved. Speaking at the first meeting of the High Youth Council, Ghani said the newly established council […]

Violence continues to surge despite peace efforts, and at least 13 people lost their lives and 25 more were wounded in different security incidents in various parts of the country in the last 24 hours, according to officials. Kabul, Paktia, Laghman, Kandahar and Khost provinces witnessed security incidents since Saturday evening. In Kabul, an Afghan Air Force member, Sefatullah Faqir, […]

As US negotiations to secure peace with the Taliban drag on, hopes fade for a stable American withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden has already said he will ignore a previously agreed deadline to extricate US forces by May 1, hinting instead that soldiers will be gone by next year. His intelligence agencies are pushing back even against this delayed […]