A number of Meshrano Jirga or upper house members on Tuesday criticized the intensified violence in the country and said the remaining Taliban inmates should not be released unless progress was made in peace talks. Ross Wilson, acting US ambassador to Afghanistan, on Monday said that the Taliban were looking forward to the release of 7000 more prisoners in the […]

Two Daesh or Islamic State (IS) rebels and two kidnappers have been arrested in security operations in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday.

Taliban militants have shot dead seven police personnel of the Mazar-Sheberghan highway after they were captured by the insurgent group in northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday.

Local officials claim as many as 450 foreign insurgents have been fighting alongside Taliban insurgents in northeastern Badakhshan province and trying to control border areas.

The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the Parliament on Wednesday demanded restoration of the Islamic Education Secretariat in the Ministry of Education (MoE) and said children should continue their primary education.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the assassination of journalist Malalai Maiwand who was gunned down in Jalalabad in Nangarhar early Thursday morning.

With less than 50 days before president-elect Joe Biden takes office, speculation is growing as to how the US counterterrorism policies will shift under a new administration, with one expert saying it is naive to think the Taliban will stick to its promises, work in good faith with the Afghan government and break ties with al-Qaeda.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s political deputy and head of the group’s Qatar office, told a virtual meeting at the Center for Humanitarian Conflict Studies in Doha that Afghanistan’s future system must be Islamic and inclusive.

From drug revenue to extortion to charitable donations, the Taliban has plenty of avenues to fill their coffers. The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.

The Presidential Palace on Monday termed claims about the release of 7,000 more Taliban prisoners as premature and said government negotiators were currently engaged in discussions on agenda of peace talks in Qatar.