Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Wednesday that they had arrested a top commander of Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) in a raid who acted as a link between the Pakistani intelligence agency – ISI and ISKP.
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Trump, Qatar’s emir talk amid Taliban attacks across Afghanistan
Dozens killed this week as attacks threaten to derail peace process, with Taliban rejecting government’s call for truce.
Read more ›Afghan Government Releases More Taliban Prisoners Before Ramadan
Ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Afghan government has released another 55 Taliban prisoners, the National Security Council has said.
Read more ›Taliban Rejects Afghan Truce Calls During Ramadan
The Taliban has turned down calls for a cease-fire in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins Friday. The Afghan government and others had hoped to enable health officials to better respond to the “common threat” of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more ›Afghan government releases 71 more Taliban prisoners under peace deal terms
The Afghan government on Tuesday, April 21 released an additional 71 Taliban prisoners in seven provinces, even as the group continues deadly attacks across the country.
Read more ›Taliban lauds Mullah Omar for defending Osama bin Laden after 9/11
As the U.S. is relying on the Taliban to keep Afghanistan from being a haven for terrorists in the wake of an agreement between the two parties, the Taliban lauds Mullah Omar’s defense of Osama bin Laden after Al Qaeda’s attack on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001.
Read more ›Four Al-Qaeda terrorists apprehended
The Sindh police claimed on Sunday to have apprehended four suspected Al-Qaeda militants during a raid in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighbourhood.
Read more ›Pakistan Says Militant Attack in Northwest Kills Soldier
Militants armed with assault rifles attacked a Pakistani army security post in a former Taliban stronghold in the country’s northwest early on Monday, triggering a shootout that killed a soldier, the military said. Five insurgents were also killed, it said.
Read more ›Dozens dead in fresh wave of Taliban violence in Afghanistan
The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians, officials said Monday, as a fresh wave of violence grips Afghanistan despite a deal with the US and a worsening coronavirus crisis.
Read more ›Suspected Bangladeshi Islamic State Member Caught In Afghanistan
Afghan authorities have arrested a suspected pro-Islamic State Bangladeshi militant who is wanted in Dhaka for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to bomb an event attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2017, police here confirmed on Wednesday.
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