A car bomb attack caused casualties to Afghan commando forces in the Jalrez district of central Maidan Wardak province last night, a public representative said on Thursday. SharifullahHotak, a member of the MaidanWardak provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan Special Forces had launched operations in some areas of Jalrez district.

Participants of a gathering in Khost City, the capital of southeastern Khost province, on Thursday asked neighboring countries, particularly Russia and Iran, not to create hurdles for the ongoing peace process. They demanded of neighboring countries to seek legal ways to ensure their interests in Afghanistan were protected instead of fueling violence and bloodshed in the war-torn country.

Two Taliban were killed and one injured in a clash with security forces in northern Samangan province, an official said on Friday.

First Vice President AmrullahSaleh on Saturday claimed Pakistan has provided thousands of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to Taliban militants. He said in a report at his daily security meeting at 6:30am that Afghan intelligence forces recently found and defused a landmine in the Musahi district of Kabul.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Saturday claimed security forces killed 50 Taliban militants and injured eight others during operations in Lashkargah, the capital city of southern Helmand, and some districts. The MoD in a statement said the security forces targeted Taliban’s hideouts in the operations in Lashkargah, Garamsir and Nawa districts.

Security officials say Taliban’s shadow governor for northern Faryab province also killed, Taliban deny claim KABUL, Afghanistan Afghan security forces on Saturday claimed killing nearly 300 Taliban insurgents, including the group’s shadow governor for the northern Faryab province bordering Turkmenistan, in fresh counter-terrorism operations.

Mullah Nazem, Taliban’s designated governor for Faryab was killed in an explosion on Friday night, Faryab police said. Nazem and six others were killed when their own explosive device detonated in Dawlat Abad district, police added.

Abdul Hafiz Mansoor, a member of government’s negotiating team, said on Saturday the Taliban has no plan in place to govern, but their “power-hungry and narrow-minded spirit has not changed.”

Pakistan has asked Afghanistan to allow it trade and commerce access to Central Asia States, a statement from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) said on Tuesday.

Six insurgents, including Daesh’s finance manager, have been captured in eastern Nangarhar province, an official claimed on Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Islamic State’s finance chief in Afghanistan, was arrested in Jalalabad.