Pakistan’s intelligence agency has summoned the Taliban’s shadow governors and commanders to wage war in Afghanistan, said Nazar Ali Wahidi, the deputy head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence agency.

Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon on the second and the last day of the ninth Hearth of Asia – Istanbul Process conference in Dushanbe on Tuesday said the last four decades of conflicts in Afghanistan have shown that there is no military solution to the issue of Afghanistan except for diplomatic and political efforts. Rahmon said his country is in favor […]

Nine insurgents, including a Taliban commander, were killed in operations across three provinces, an official said. Taliban commander Mullah Dilbar was among those killed in operations spanning Jawzjan, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces, Police Zone 303 spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai said. Meanwhile, a Taliban commander Mullah Sayed was detained in the Khenjan district of Baghlan. During the operations, many explosive devices […]

The United States reportedly asked the Taliban to agree to the continued presence of American forces for three or six months in Afghanistan after the May 1 deadline, sources close to the Taliban have said. According to the sources, the Taliban has so far not made their final decision about the request; however, the group has apparently insisted that first […]

For more than four months, tens of thousands of Indian farmers have gathered on the outskirts of New Delhi to protest a slate of new agricultural laws passed in September. Farmers say the new measures, which remove price guarantees for certain crops, will leave them at the mercy of large corporations, while at the same time removing paths for legal […]

Afghan politicians say Afghanistan as a whole, and government, has not yet settled on a single agenda to be presented at the Istanbul Summit scheduled for early April. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is working on a plan to reduce violence and end the war – a plan that will be presented to delegates at the summit.

At least 17 members of the Haqqani Network have been killed in an operation by the NDS in Khost province, the NDS said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the operation was conducted in parts of Khost, particularly in the Zumbar Clinic area.

A security official was killed in an attack by unknown armed men on Wednesday in Logar province, police said. According to police, Farid Faiyaz, an official from the Border Police Brigade in Paktia, was gunned down in the Khizr Bazar area of Logar’s capital Pul-e-Alam at 10 am Wednesday. Police said Faiyaz came under attack while he was traveling from […]

US special envoy for Afghanistan’s reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with senior Taliban leaders including Mullah Baradar in Qatar on Wednesday to discuss provisions of the US-Taliban agreement signed in Doha last year.

The head of the Takhar Ulema council died on Wednesday in an IED explosion, officials confirmed. According to security officials, two other people were injured in the incident. Officials said the IED had been embedded inside Mawlavi Abdul Samad Mohammadi’s vehicle.