Piramqul Ziayee a powerful militia commander in Takhar province has been killed in a clash with the Taliban. Ziayee, a former mujahideen commander and a leader of public uprising forces, was killed in a Taliban attack on Sunday in Rustaq district, Takhar province, the provincial police spokesman Khalil Asir said. Ziayee was also a commander of Junbish Mili Party. According […]

Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces by May 1, three Western officials with knowledge of the agreement told Reuters. The U.S. State Department gave no immediate response to Reuters over the […]

US, Russia, China and Pakistan peace envoys met in Doha, Qatar on Friday with Afghan Republic and Taliban representatives to discuss ways to reach a negotiated settlement and stated the extended “Troika” supports a review of the black listing status of Taliban individuals and entities. The US State Department on Friday night issued a statement noting: “We support a review […]

An Afghan security forces outpost in Ghazni city fell to the Taliban on Saturday morning, sources told Ariana News. Abdul Jami Jami, a member of Ghazni provincial council, confirmed the incident and said 25 security force members have gone missing. He called on government to take the security situation seriously and secure the area stating otherwise the Taliban will reach […]

Kabul security was ramped up on Saturday as the city braced for attacks by the Taliban due to the presence of foreign troops in the country – despite the May 1 withdrawal deadline agreement signed last year between the US and the Taliban. An increased military presence and security at checkpoints were visible in the Afghan capital, and a security […]

A new quarterly report by Washington’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has documented a staggering 82 percent increase in insider attacks on Afghan government security forces in the first quarter of this year, resulting in 115 personnel killed and 39 wounded. SIGAR reported this week that the overall Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) casualties were also […]

KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban on Saturday warned the US of “counteraction” accusing Washington of violating the 2020 Doha agreement on the withdrawal of troops from the country. According to the agreement between the Taliban and the US reached after months of negotiations in the Qatari capital, all foreign troops were to depart Afghanistan by May 1. However, US President Joe […]

The Taliban is warning that US troops in Afghanistan will be hit with new attacks — now that the May 1 withdrawal deadline promised last year by President Trump has passed. Afghan security personnel gather at the site of bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan on Feb. 26, 2020. The insurgent group’s fighters will “take every counteraction it deems appropriate against […]

At least nine people were killed and 14 others were wounded after a major fire broke out on Saturday night in Kabul in which dozens of fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles were burnt, a source from the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. The fire broke out in Qala-e- Murad Bek area in Shakardara district north of Kabul at […]

Taliban attack an outpost of the Afghan National Army in the city of Ghazni on Friday night that led to hours of heavy clashes between the two sides, a provincial council member Khaliqdad Akbari said. The outpost has fallen to the Taliban, he said, adding that the clashes continued until Saturday morning. Meanwhile, a source from Ghazni said that at […]