Taliban active in 70 percent of Afghanistan, BBC study finds
WASHINGTON: The Taliban are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s districts, fully controlling 4… Read More
8 years ago
Taliban
Afghanistan says Taliban will have to be defeated, after Trump rejects talks
KABUL/PESHAWAR: Afghanistan said on Tuesday the Taliban would have to be defeated on the battlefield… Read More
8 years ago
Trump says ‘no’ to Taliban talks after wave of attacks
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out quick talks with the Taliban, following… Read More
8 years ago
APS attackers are worse than heretics: Sufi Muhammad
PESHAWAR: Sufi Muhammad, the chief of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) has said the perpetrators of the… Read More
8 years ago
Who was Naqeeb Mehsud?
Naseemullah, better known as Naqeeb Mehsud, was recently killed along with three other men by … Read More
8 years ago
Trump looks to the skies to force Taliban to the table
The war in Afghanistan may be entering its 17th year, but screams of military jet… Read More
8 years ago
Crime, casualties undermine U.S. gains on Afghan battlefield
KUNDUZ: Since U.S. forces began stepping up air strikes against the Taliban, Kunduz shopkeeper Najibullah… Read More
8 years ago
Dozens of Afghan security forces killed in Taliban raids: officials
KABUL: Dozens of Afghan police and soldiers have been killed in a wave of Taliban… Read More
8 years ago
Taliban kill 22 Afghan police in multiple attacks
KABUL: Taliban insurgents, some wearing night-vision goggles, killed 22 Afghan policemen in separate attacks on checkpoints… Read More
8 years ago
43 Afghan troops die in Kandahar military base attack
KANDAHAR: At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a militant attack on an Afghan… Read More
8 years ago
At least eight killed in suicide attack on provincial Afghan police HQ: officials
KABUL: A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police headquarters on Tuesday,… Read More
8 years ago
Tehmina Janjua calls for Afghan govt, Taliban talks for lasting peace
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua has reiterated Pakistan's calls for making serious efforts for negotiated settlement… Read More
8 years ago
International Red Cross to “drastically” cut Afghan operations after attacks
KABUL: The International Committee of the Red Cross will “drastically” cut back its operations in… Read More
8 years ago
Afghanistan pull-out would be ‘to our ultimate peril’: Mattis
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned on Tuesday that an American withdrawal from Afghanistan… Read More
8 years ago
Taliban shut down clinics in Afghan province
KANDAHAR: The Taliban has shut down dozens of clinics in the southern Afghan province of… Read More
8 years ago
Afghanistan to double special forces in fight against Taliban
KABUL: Commandos armed with RPG-7 rocket launchers aim at a tank hundreds of metres away,… Read More
8 years ago
Dozens killed, wounded by car bomb in Afghan province
KABUL: As many as 13 people, including both Afghan army soldiers and civilians, were killed and… Read More
8 years ago
US fighter pilots in Afghanistan prepare for more air strikes
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN: For the fighter pilots at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan,… Read More
8 years ago
Time for Taliban to join peace process, says top US general in Afghanistan
KABUL: The top US military commander in Afghanistan on Thursday called on Taliban insurgents to agree… Read More
8 years ago
Taliban suicide bomber kills five civilians in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR: A Taliban suicide bomber killed five civilians and wounded dozens of others, mainly children,… Read More
8 years ago