U.S. and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the “framework” of a peace deal, U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said after five days of talks between the militant group and the United States in Qatar.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called on the Taliban movement to engage in direct negotiations with the country’s authorities, reaffirming the importance of national unity and a strong government.

A top Russian diplomat is in Pakistan to discuss efforts to promote direct peace talks between warring sides in neighboring Afghanistan.

En forçant un peu la bienveillance, on pourrait accorder un généreux 13/20 au président Ashraf Ghani, qui a réussi, malgré tous les obstacles, à tenir les élections législatives prévues depuis… 2015.

As the so-called Islamic State (IS) suffers devastating setbacks in Syria and Iraq, al-Qaeda continues to pose a formidable threat, principally through its regional affiliates in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Seventeen years after the September 11 attacks, al-Qaeda has survived due in large part to a deliberate strategy focused on gaining the support of the masses […]

Around 65 people were killed in a Taliban-claimed attack on an Afghan intelligence base, a local official said yesterday, raising the toll substantially from 12 announced previously. “We took about 65 bodies out of the rubble yesterday,” Mohammad Sardar Bakhyari, deputy head of the provincial council in Wardak province, where the attack occurred on Monday in the latest blow to […]

The Taliban are consistently taking heavy losses in the battlefield and military offensives and Afghanistan’s armed forces killed at least 56 militants and injured 22 others in crackdowns over past day.

Top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘zonal commander’ identified as Sahdeo Rai alias Tala Da, who was main accused in murder of five Policemen including the then Pakur Superintendent of Police (SP), Amarjit Balihar in 2013, was killed in an encounter with the Police force near Chhatupada village under Shikaripada Police Station limits in Dumka District of Jharkhand on January […]

Khango Konyak-led faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), a Naga insurgent outfit, has agreed to join the peace talks with the Government of India (GoI), Hindustan Times on January

The United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on January 13 said Doha and Washington will work together on the Afghanistan peace process and addressing regional security challenges.