At least 10 police force members, including Abdul Mohammad Sarwari, the police chief of Sangin district, were killed in a Taliban attack in the city of Lashkargah last night, a source said. Zaman Hamdard, a spokesman for Helmand police chief, said that three security force members, including the police chief, were killed and two more were wounded. He said that […]

At least 10 police force members, including Abdul Mohammad Sarwari, the police chief of Sangin district, were killed in a Taliban attack in the city of Lashkargah last night, a source said. Zaman Hamdard, a spokesman for Helmand police chief, said that three security force members, including the police chief, were killed and two more were wounded. He said that […]

National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib on Saturday warned that Afghanistan could slide into an all-out civil war if the US withdraws its forces without a peace agreement. He reiterated that the Taliban will not succeed to take over the power through military pressure and war. The Taliban’s negotiators so far have not offered any roadmap for peace and that they […]

Sangin district police chief, Abdul Mohammad Sarwari, has been killed in an attack by the Taliban, local police confirmed on Saturday. No details on the type of attack have been released so far. However, a source told Ariana News the police chief and 10 other policemen were killed on Friday night in a Taliban attack in Nahri Saraj area. According […]

Two members of the Afghan security forces have been gunned down by unknown armed men in western Farah province, sources said Saturday. Dadullah Qani, a member of the provincial council, told Ariana News that Abdul Khaliq Farahi, Commander of Education and Training Center of the Afghan army in Farah, was shot dead in the provincial capital Farah city on Friday […]

U.S. intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun most of Afghanistan within two to three years if U.S. troops leave before a power-sharing deal is reached between the warring sides, a news report said on Friday. Such a takeover potentially would allow al-Qaeda to rebuild in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported, quoting anonymous U.S. […]

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has left for Turkey and the region ahead of the Istanbul summit on Afghan peace which will be held next month. The US State Department said in a statement on Saturday that Khalilzad began the trip on Thursday – a trip aimed at encouraging the two warring parties to accelerate their negotiations […]

The High Council for National Reconciliation chairman is optimistic about next month’s conference on Afghanistan in Turkey. Speaking to France 24, Abdullah Abdullah hoped the UN-led Istanbul meeting would help promote Afghan peace negotiations.

Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar, who is currently on an official visit to India, met with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday night and discussed an international consensus on the Afghan peace talks, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. “The two sides reviewed the Troika Peace Meeting in Moscow and assessed the final declaration […]

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, following the NATO ministerial in Brussels on Tuesday, said that the alliance sees that there is no “easy solution” in Afghanistan. “We all see that there is no easy solution. There is no risk-free path ahead and we need to prepare for all options,” Stoltenberg said after the meeting. The NATO chief said that the alliance’s […]