A blast targeted vehicles of the Afghan security forces in the Paghman district of Kabul province on Sunday afternoon, police said. According to police, an explosive-laden corolla-type vehicle was detonated close to a number of military vehicles in the Panja Chinar area of the district. At least three security personnel were killed and 12 others wounded in the blast, police […]

The Afghan forces have arrested two key Taliban members in northern Baghlan province, police said Sunday. Ahmad Jawid Bisharat, a spokesman for Baghlan police, said that the designated chief and head of the military commission of the Taliban for the Sabari district of Khost were arrested in an operation on the Baghlan highway. Bisharat, however, did not provide further details […]

At least 51 Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) members have been killed or wounded in the past 24 hours in clashes with Taliban insurgents across the country. One of the worst hit areas was Helmand with at least 20 security force members killed in a Taliban attack. Helmand A source told Ariana News that at least 20 security […]

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report that the primary sources of income for the Taliban are narcotics, illicit mining, and other illegal activities. SIGAR, citing a UN Security Council report, said the Taliban has continued to adapt and expand its ability to maintain and generate financial revenues to support their operations from June 2019. […]

At least five policemen were killed in Kabul and Nangarhar provinces in the past 12 hours, officials said Tuesday. One police force member was killed and one more was wounded in an attack by unidentified armed men in the Chawk-e-Arghandi area in Paghman district, Kabul province, on Tuesday morning, police said. Police have started an investigation into the incident. In […]

As the May 1 deadline for the US troop withdrawal nears, and efforts to secure a peace deal are ramped up, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said the country is asking the Taliban to embrace today’s Afghanistan, a progressive modern Republic with democratic institutions.

Turkish Brigadier General Selçuk Yurtsizoğlu has assumed command of the NATO-led Train, Advise, Assist Command-Capital in Kabul, NATO’s spokesperson Oana Lungescu announced this week. “With its 600-strong contingent, Turkey is a vital contributor to the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan,” she said on her Twitter account. Turkey joined the military alliance of 29 North American and European countries in 1952. […]

An Australian court on Thursday said it will allow four Afghans to give evidence via video link in a defamation case filed by a former Australian soldier accused of being involved in killing civilians in Afghanistan, Anadolu News Agency reported. The ruling came in a defamation case filed by Ben Roberts-Smith, a special forces veteran, against Australian media outlets for […]

Sharifullah Sharifi, Commander of Special Unit of Baghlan Police, was killed in a Taliban ambush late on Thursday night in northern Baghlan province, sources said. Sources told Ariana News that the Taliban ambushed a convoy heading by Sharifi in the Khala Zai area on the Baghlan-Kunduz highway at 11:30 Thursday midnight. At least ten members of the Afghan forces were […]

Sources reveal secret negotiations between Pakistan’s government and the TTP, which ultimately fell apart. During 2020, the Pakistani government and the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has, since its inception in December 2007, been openly fighting the Pakistani government, conducted secret peace negotiations, militant sources exclusively confirmed to The Diplomat. While these negotiations went into much detail, the talks eventually […]