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.

A pilot of the Afghan Air Force was killed by gunmen in the capital city of southern Kandahar on Wednesday, an official said. The incident occurred around 12pm in Fabrika Sarai area in the jurisdiction of the 14th police district of Kandahar city.

The Ministry of Defense on Sunday said 11 Al Qaeda affiliates were killed in an airstrike by Afghan forces in Nawa district of southern Helmand province.

In an attempt to enhance its market share in the landlocked neighbour, Pakistan plans to keep open trade routes with Afghanistan under all circumstances. Seeking to increase its market share in Afghanistan by 65 percent, the plan is reportedly supported by the Pakistan army, The News International reported on Monday.

At least six people were injured in a blast caused by a magnetic bomb in Kabul on Monday. The blast took place at around 03:45 this afternoon in Gozargah Bridge area in the limits of 17 security district of Kabul.

It’s been nearly two decades since the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan, but full withdrawal remains the subject of heated debate, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Afghanistan, William Ruger said. “It is time to leave the country.”