At least 25 Sikh worshipers were killed and more than eight were wounded when four suicide attackers stormed the 400-year old Gurudwara Har Rai Sahib in the Shorbazar area of Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 25, 2020. The attackers reportedly took another 80 worshippers hostage.
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Are the Taliban Serious about Peace Negotiations?
On 29 February, the Taliban and the U.S. signed an agreement that commits the U.S. to a fourteen-month phased withdrawal of military forces in exchange for Taliban commitments to prevent Afghanistan from being used as a safe harbour for terrorists. The agreement also obligates the Taliban to commence peace negotiations with the Afghan government and other Afghan power-brokers.
Read more ›Kabul Criticizes Taliban for Rejecting Government Teams for Peace Talks
The Afghan government has criticized the Taliban for rejecting Kabul’s negotiating team for upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks aimed at ending the nearly 19-year war.
Read more ›Taliban Attack Afghanistan Amid Growing Coronavirus Threat
Insurgents launched major assaults as preparations continued for a prisoner exchange and as diplomats worked to revive the peace plan.
Read more ›Taliban refuses to talk to new Afghan government negotiators
The Taliban declined on Saturday to begin talks with the Afghan government’s new negotiating team in a setback to the U.S.-brokered peace process for one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.
Read more ›Analysis: AQAP’s new emir reaffirms allegiance to Zawahiri, praises Taliban
Last week, al-Qaeda websites and social media channels shared an audio message from Khalid Batarfi, a U.S.-designated terrorist who was recently named the new emir of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Read more ›Afghan forces eliminate more than 50 militants
In response to the militants mounting assaults, Afghan forces on Sunday killed more than 50 insurgents in past 24 hours.
Read more ›Dozens of Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban insider attack
More than 25 Afghan soldiers and policemen were killed in a Taliban attack on an outpost in the southwestern Afghan province of Zabul. Taliban fighters coordinated with police sympathizers to execute the operation.
Read more ›CENTCOM commander wrongly suggests ‘splinter’ Taliban group carrying out large number of attacks in Afghanistan
The head of U.S. Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, suggested that the spate of Taliban attacks throughout Afghanistan may be caused by a Taliban “splinter.” McKenzie’s suggestion is contradicted by the Taliban itself, which claims dozens of daily attacks on its official website.
Read more ›The Taliban’s political leaders signed a peace deal — but its military commanders could put that at risk
On Feb. 29, the United States and the Taliban signed a historic peace agreement, calling for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops in exchange for Taliban guarantees not to use Afghanistan as a base for terrorist attacks against the West. Although there were early snags — including a disagreement over when the Afghan government would release Taliban prisoners — the […]
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