WASHINGTON – US envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to Doha next week for two weeks of meetings with Taliban leaders. US state department spokesperson Ned Price, in a press briefing on Tuesday, confirmed the crucial meeting with the Taliban leaders in Qatar’s capital. Ned said ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US will pursue an "over-the-horizon" mission in Afghanistan in response to counterterrorism. Austin made the remarks at the International Institute for Strategic Studies' (IISS) Manama Dialogue 2021. “We must work together to combat ...

The United States says it continues to keep up relentless focus on countering terrorism including in Afghanistan to combat Al Qaeda and Daesh. Speaking at International Institute for Strategic Studies' Manama Dialogue 2021 held in Bahranian capital, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said we must ...

KABUL – The Taliban-led administration in Kabul has issued guidelines to television networks to stop airing dramas featuring women actors saying the directives are not mandatory, but rather a 'religious guideline'. Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also asked women ...

In Afghanistan, the Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul in show of strength by using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters today [Sunday]. In a statement, the defence ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazmi said the parade is linked to graduation of 250 ...

ISLAMABAD – Days after PM Imran appeared in Supreme Court in APS carnage case, National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf rejected the reports of granting amnesty to banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan members, saying no decision had been made in this regard yet. Speaking at a primetime show on ...

National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf says abandoning Afghanistan again by the international community will be a mistake. He was talking to a four-member US delegation headed by Minority Staff Director, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chris Socha in Islamabad. The National Security Advisor ...

ISLAMABAD – Taliban officials warned military action against those groups which were not willing to resolve the ongoing turmoil, *Express Tribune* reported. The recent development came after the Taliban offered to mediate between Pakistan and banned TTP however the new Afghan setup promised ...

KABUL – The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has changed the name of all military corps months after toppling the West-backed Ashraf Ghani’s government. Reports said that the defense ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has issued directives in this regard. The new names of ...

Pakistan has reportedly agreed to release several militants and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will declare a ceasefire in return. The development comes amid reports of a positive development in talks between the Pakistani government and Afghanistan-based Pakistani Taliban. Sources say ...