The US cannot and should not transform the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan into the relocation of its military facilities to Central Asia, Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Friday. “We have already sent such a signal to Washington at various levels, I hope it will be heard,” Kabulov told Russian news agency, RIA. Kabulov called “a […]

As Taliban attacks continue, an army commander in the north said that “hundreds of troops” have been deployed to protect the Hairatan border town in the northern province of Balkh. Kaldar district has been contested between the government forces and the Taliban in the last few weeks, something that has threatened trade and transit through Hairatan that shares a border […]

Sources say that 23 people, including security force members and members of the public uprising forces, were killed and five more were wounded in Taliban attacks in Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces in northern Afghanistan on Thursday night. Two sources from Badakhshan police said that eight people, including security force members, were killed and three more were wounded in Taliban attacks […]

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) will probe recent evacuations by government forces from the centers of various districts across the country. Over the last two months, the Taliban has taken over dozens of districts across Afghanistan, raising strong criticisms among the public and analysts who are citing poor leadership and mismanagement of the war as key reason that the […]

Taliban sustained major offensive, gaining additional district centres and killing over 500 Afghan security forces; deadly terror attacks targeted minority Hazara community. Taliban forced govt troops, police and militia to retreat from more than 50 districts, most in north and north east, throughout month; while Taliban often declined to occupy space, gains constitute significant loss in govt’s territorial standing, revealing […]

The last British troops in Afghanistan are expected to leave “within days” after American forces are rumored to have brought forward their withdrawal date to mark US Independence Day, the UK’s Daily Mail reported Thursday. According to the report, more than 200 Black Watch soldiers will fly home in the next few days, ending the UK’s 20-year deployment. Before leaving […]

Russia believes that the Taliban has already become part of Afghanistan’s political landscape and that this should be taken into consideration. According to Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia, the issue of peace needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Nebenzia said Moscow is “actively participating in all the […]

Civil society activists in the northeastern province of Takhar said on Thursday that the Taliban have issued new laws and regulations in recently captured districts in the province. This comes after the Taliban intensified attacks on district centers in a number of provinces in the past few weeks.On Thursday the group seized Tagab district in Kapisa province, sources told Ariana […]

Four people were wounded this afternoon when a rocket hit Atta Noor’s house in Mazar-e Sharif city, the capital of Balkh, sources told ArianaNews. Mohammad Afzal Hadid, Balkh provincial council member, confirmed the attack, and said that Noor was in a meeting with other politicians to discuss local uprising operations against Taliban at the time of the attack. Two vehicles […]

Germany’s last troops left Afghanistan on Tuesday after nearly 20 years of deployment in the country, the German Defense Minister said Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. The German defense minister said in a tweet that the last Bundeswehr soldiers “left Afghanistan safely” on Tuesday evening. She thanked the more than 150,000 troops who have served there since 2001 and said that “they can […]