NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday evening at a press conference that 2021 will be a “pivotal year for NATO because we need to decide on our presence in Afghanistan.”
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Pakistan welcomes start of second round of Afghan peace talks
Pakistan on Wednesday night welcomed the start of the second round of intra-Afghan negotiations and said the two teams have made significant progress to date.
Read more ›6 ANA soldiers killed in Ghazni insider attack
Security sources in southern Ghazni province said six Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel were killed in an insider attack by a Taliban infiltrator on Tuesday.
Read more ›Afghan officials skeptical of Tehran’s offer to send Iran-led militia to fight Islamic State
Iran’s foreign minister says it is willing to reposition an Iran-led Afghan militia in Syria to fight Islamic State forces in Afghanistan.
Read more ›Armed Robberies Persist, Kabul Residents Demand Action
“They (robbers) have destroyed us. I am a taxi driver, but I can’t go anywhere,” said Abdul Matin, a resident in Kabul. Armed robbers on Sunday night robbed a pharmacist in the west of Kabul, stealing his money and mobile phones.
Read more ›Kabul in the dark as Uzbekistan power is cut
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s National Power Company, said Tuesday that electricity imported from Uzbekistan for Kabul and some other provinces has been cut due to technical issues regarding the neighboring country’s power plants.
Read more ›NDS chief tells MPs Chinese spy ring was bust but provides no details
The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Ahmad Zia Saraj confirmed Tuesday that a Chinese spy ring had been arrested in Kabul.
Read more ›Freed Taliban prisoner killed on battlefield: governor’s media office
Nine Taliban insurgents, including a recently released prisoner, died in an airstrike in Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, the governor’s media office said.
Read more ›Actions will prove whether Taliban has cut ties with al-Qaeda: Sullivan
US President-elect Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jack Sullivan, said Sunday night the Taliban’s commitment to severing ties with al-Qaeda must not only be proven in words but more importantly in practice.
Read more ›NDS chief claims Taliban has reneged on its accord with US
Ahmad Zia Saraj, head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), told a Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) session on Monday that the Taliban has not cut its ties with “foreign terrorists” nor has the group reduced levels of violence as per the US-Taliban agreement signed in February last year.
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