NSA Hamdullah Mohib said that the Taliban is trying to take power militarily. The Afghan government is preparing for ramped-up fighting amid slow progress in the peace negotiations in Doha, with National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib saying the Taliban does not want peace and that based on intelligence information, the group is making itself ready for the next fighting season.

Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Haneef Atmar said the Taliban has to agree to a ceasefire if the group wants to exonerate itself of being responsible for the high levels of violence across Afghanistan.

National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib on Sunday accused the Taliban of not showing any commitment to peace and said the group’s negotiating team has no authority to make decisions. Speaking at a security meeting at an Air Force Corps in Kabul, Mohib said the Taliban negotiating team leaders do not have the authority to make their own decisions and are […]

A US diplomat has commended Pakistan’s contributions to efforts for conflict prevention in the region and stout support for the peace process in Afghanistan.

Kabul welcomed the new US administration’s plan to review the February 2020 peace deal with the Taliban. Presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqi said on Saturday that the US-Taliban agreement had so far failed to controlling militant-linked violence or pavng the way for a ceasefire.

Masoud Andarabi, Minister of Interior Affairs, said Saturday the Taliban is playing for time in the ongoing peace negotiations in Doha and waiting to see what the new US administration decides following the inauguration of Joe Biden last week.

Top Afghan officials on Saturday welcomed the decision of US President Joe Biden’s administration to review a landmark US deal with the Taliban and focus on whether the insurgents have reduced attacks in Afghanistan in keeping with the agreement.

Three Taliban insurgents were killed and three security personnel were wounded during separate clashes in southwestern Nimroz province, police said on Thursday.

NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) in Afghanistan, Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo on Thursday reaffirmed NATO Allies and partners support to the Afghan security forces, during a video call with Kandahar Governor Rohullah Khanzada and Assistant Governor Faisal Sherzai.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has handed over to the Ministry of Public Health a fourth batch of personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth more than $187,000 to help the country combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.