Ariana: The Afghan government says it has no plan to release any Taliban prisoners including Anas Haqqani, a high-profile member of the Haqqani Network. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the U.S. and Taliban representatives have begun discussing ways to resume the Afghan peace talks. The report added that the two sides have
ANI: Taking to Twitter on Friday after meeting the Afghan leadership, Democrat senator Maggie Hassan said, “Pakistan continues to support and harbour the Taliban and, in doing so, continues to support and harbour al-Qaeda. And there is a real presence of ISIS-K in Afghanistan that poses a direct threat to our homeland, as well.” Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 13, 2019 The Taliban has shot and killed a government official in the capital Kabul. Raz Mohammad Waziri, the district governor of Jaghatu in Maidan Wardak Province, was killed in western Kabul on October 12, according to the provincial government in a statement. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 13, 2019 Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says government forces have gained control of a district in the country’s north from the Taliban. In a statement, the ministry said the Dash-e Archi district of Kunduz Province, along the border with Tajikistan, was retaken on October 12. Afghan special forces units stormed the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 7, 2019 At least 10 civilians, including a child, were killed after explosives placed in a rickshaw blew up next to a bus carrying Afghan army recruits in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province, an official said on October 7. Ataullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said 27 other
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 6, 2019 ISLAMABAD – A group of 11 key Taliban prisoners is reported to have been released from the joint Afghan-U.S. Bagram detention facility in Afghanistan in exchange for three Indian hostages. Insurgent sources said Sunday the swap took place in the northern province of Baghlan and two former Taliban
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 5, 2019 Taliban fighters have killed six Afghan police officers at a checkpoint in the province of Kapisa to the northeast of Kabul, Afghan officials say. According to provincial councilors Mohammad Hussain Sanjani and Mohammd Mahfooz Safi, three police officers were also wounded during the Taliban’s overnight attack in the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 5, 2019 Taliban negotiators say they have met in Pakistan with Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. peace envoy for Afghanistan, for the first time since President Donald Trump in September called the peace process “dead.” A Taliban representative on October 5 said the meeting took place between Khalilzad and the Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 3, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan says that visiting U.S. and Taliban delegates will hold a direct bilateral meeting to discuss resumption of peace talks aimed at ending the nearly two decades of conflict in neighboring Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while making the announcement, told reporters Islamabad is optimistic
1TV: “If we didn’t accept the Soviet rule – superpower – it would be beyond imagination to accept the proxy of a backward country which has a hard time feeding its own people,” Mohib said speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, a US think tank in New York. Mohib welcomed US President Donald Trump’s