The US-Taliban agreement in February 2020 created hope for a reduction in violence in Afghanistan. However, since then, violence has instead intensified across the country. The American officials have said that the increase in the level of violence goes against the spirit of the US-Taliban agreement. The agreement does not ask the Taliban to reduce violence but US officials maintain […]

Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation said the Afghan Republic’s talks team and the Taliban met on Monday and discussed the agenda to take the peace talks forward.

Three notorious Al-Qaeda members have been arrested in southwestern Nimroz province, the local National Directorate of Security (NDS) office said in a statement on Sunday.

More than five dozen Australian soldiers may stand down as a mark of protest against the disbanding of their squadron over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

Twenty-two students and professors were killed when gunmen stormed the campus in Afghanistan’s capital last month. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. However, security officials say they have now arrested the alleged mastermind of the attack – and accused him of having links to the Taliban. BBC Minute’s Olivia Le Poidevin has spoken to three students, caught […]

The U.S. military and Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) have launched two raids against Al Qaeda’s network in Helmand and Nimroz province over the past several days, killing at least eight operatives and capturing three more. The Taliban continues to maintain that Al Qaeda does not have a presence in Afghanistan, despite multiple raids against the terror group.

At least 18 militants have been killed in southern Kandahar province, the former stronghold of Taliban outfit, said a statement of Defense Ministry released here Sunday.

At least two Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation carried by the General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU) in eastern province of Logar, said the Ministry of Interior Affairs in a statement Sunday.

Bahrain: A successful peace process with the Taliban will allow the government to focus its resources on countering the Islamic State group and its attacks on soft targets, Afghanistan’s national security adviser said Saturday (Dec 5).

A judge, Pamir Faizi, who was head of the inquiry department of military attorneys office, was killed in an attack by armed men near Marshal Fahim Military Academy in the west of Kabul on Sunday. His family said security agencies have failed to ensure the safety of attorneys and judges, and they called on the president and the interior affairs […]