Taliban

Taliban have shut Chaman-Spin Boldak border, confirms Sheikh Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Friday said that the Taliban have shut the… Read More

Taliban says it has killed Afghan government’s top media officer

KABUL: Taliban fighters on Friday assassinated the Afghanistan government's top media and information officer in… Read More

Afghan govt, Taliban far from reaching peace agreement: Zalmay Khalilzad

WASHINGTON: The Afghan government and Taliban remain far from reaching a peace agreement, the US… Read More

Taliban rockets hit Kandahar airport, clashes intensify in Afghanistan

KABUL: Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan with at least three rockets overnight,… Read More

Airlift begins for Afghans who worked for US

WASHINGTON: Some 200 Afghans were set to begin new lives in the United States on… Read More

‘We lost’: US veterans say blood spilled in Afghanistan was wasted

GARDEN GROVE: Jason Lilley was a special operations forces Marine Raider who fought in multiple… Read More

Turkey plans talks with Taliban over Kabul airport

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey was planning talks with the Taliban… Read More

Afghan govt, Taliban: two sides to meet again, expedite talks

The delegations of the Afghan government and Taliban issued a joint statement on Sunday saying… Read More

Afghan politicians, Taliban meet in Doha as fighting continues

KABUL: Afghan politicians met with representatives of the Taliban in Qatar on Saturday with each… Read More

Pakistan-hosted Afghan peace conference postponed, MOFA confirms

ISLAMABAD: The foreign office has Friday confirmed the Afghan peace conference scheduled to be held… Read More

Officials, Taliban strike ceasefire deal in western Afghanistan: provincial governor

KABUL: Government officials in a western Afghan province said on Thursday they had negotiated "an… Read More

Taliban offer three-month ceasefire in return for prisoner release

The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of thousands of… Read More

Hundreds of Afghans flee to Tajikistan as Taliban advances

DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said Wednesday that almost 350 refugees from Afghanistan had crossed into the Central… Read More

‘America’s military engagement in Afghanistan is coming to an end’

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday that America's military engagement… Read More

Pakistan to propose power-sharing formula for Afghanistan, Senate panel told ‎

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday told a Senate panel that Pakistan would… Read More

Taliban say they control 85% of Afghanistan

KABUL/ MOSCOW: Taliban officials said on Friday they have taken control of 85% of territory… Read More

Tajikistan calls up reservists to bolster border as Afghan troops flee Taliban

DUSHANBE: Tajikistan's president on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the… Read More

Hundreds of Afghan security personnel flee into Tajikistan

DUSHANBE/KABUL: More than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the border into Tajikistan on Sunday… Read More

PM Imran Khan telephones Ashraf Ghani to discuss Afghan peace process

The resolution of the dispute should be led by the Afghan leadership, said Imran Khan. Read More

Taliban team led by Mullah Baradar arrives in Islamabad

The delegation will meet with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Read More