Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that he will not transfer authority without elections, as pressure mounts for Afghans to consider a new US proposal for peace, which includes a plan for an interim government. Ghani made the remarks during a seminar on Afghanistan’s foreign policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Referring to the government’s peace roadmap, Ghani […]

A 16-member delegation led by Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the HCNR, will attend the Moscow peace summit that is scheduled for March 18. Sources said the Afghan delegation would leave Kabul for Moscow, the capital of Russia, on Wednesday.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that NATO and its allies “strongly support all efforts to try to find a peaceful negotiated solution” for Afghanistan. Addressing a virtual press conference on the launch of NATO’s 2020 annual report, Stoltenberg stated: “That’s the reason why we welcome the US -Taliban agreement last year, and that’s the reason why we also support […]

Forward-operating clandestine reconnaissance missions, to find targets, destroy supply lines, gather intelligence or launch targeting hit-and-run attacks on high value enemy areas, are all mission capabilities performed and practiced by Air Force Special Operators.

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates has said that the Afghan peace talks which have stalled in Qatar should rotate among several countries, Reuters has reported. Javid Ahmad also accused Qatar of not putting enough pressure on the Taliban to reduce the level of violence in the country.

The Taliban ruled for five years in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, establishing an Islamic emirate system. What is an Islamic emirate and what transpired during the Taliban’s five-year emirate in Afghanistan? The Taliban’s Islamic emirate came to power in 1996 while the country was embroiled in a civil war that followed the fall of the Soviet-backed president, Dr. Najibullah, […]

Four key leaders from Jamiat-e-Islami who broke into two factions eight months ago, held a session behind closed doors on Sunday night to discuss their differences and the country’s peace process, a member of the party said on Monday.

Three women, one an employee of the Ministry of Telecommunication and IT, an employee of the Ministry of Education and the other an employee of the Ministry of Information and Culture were killed in an explosion that targeted their bus in the Dahan-e-Bagh area in Kabul on Monday afternoon. Kabul police initially said that 15 civilians were wounded in the […]

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was back in Kabul on Monday where he met with Afghan leaders, including President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman Abdullah Abdullah. The Presidential Palace said that Khalilzad briefed President Ghani on his recent trips and activities and both discussed the next steps in the peace process. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, […]

Two senior US military commanders have warned the war in Afghanistan will escalate in case of a full troop withdrawal from that country. The warning was issued by General Kenneth McKenzie, the US Central Command chief, and NATO’s Resolute Support commander Gen. Scott Miller in remarks published by the Los Angeles Times.