NEW YORK: The Taliban’s deputy leader has said that despite mutual distrust, the group will soon sign a agreement with the United States to reduce violence for seven days, while reaffirming that they are “fully committed” to observing the accord. “The long war has exacted a terrible cost ...

PESHAWAR: Three Taliban commanders who are part of a prisoner swap for two Western hostages held by the militant group have landed in Qatar, three Taliban sources familiar with the deal said on Tuesday. The Afghan government’s decision to carry out the swap is seen as key to securing direct ...

KABUL - US strongly responds over Afghanistan government decision of releasing top Commanders of Haqqani network. US government welcomes and “strongly supports” President Ashraf Ghani’s “courageous decision” to release three Taliban prisoners, the US Ambassador to Kabul, John Bass, told ...

ISLAMABAD - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced Tuesday that he will free Anas Haqqani, the brother of a feared militant leader whose eponymous group is considered one of the most dangerous factions fighting Afghan and US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan. The release of Haqqani and two ...

Kabul - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced Tuesday that three high-ranking Taliban prisoners would be released, in an apparent exchange for two Western hostages who were kidnapped by the insurgents in 2016. The three Taliban prisoners include Anas Haqqani, who was seized in 2014 and whose ...

KABUL - Top Haqqani Network Commander killed in Afghanistan, Afghan media has reported. An airstrike in Mohammad Agha district of Logar killed a prominent Haqqani Network leader who had planned and faciliated some of the deadliest attacks in Kabul city, Khaama Press has reported. According to a ...

KABUL - Former Chief of National Directorate of Security makes stunning revelations over links of President Ashraf Ghani with Haqqani Network in Afghanistan. The ex-chief of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency and presidential candidate Rahmatullah Nabil said that President Ghani’s team was in ...

ISLAMABAD - The upcoming two-day U.S.-Taliban meeting in Qatar would make a final call on crucial issues of Troops pullout, ceasefire and exchange of prisoners. This comes as the Taliban negotiating team is expected to meet with the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation ...

KABUL - The Taliban announced Tuesday a 14-member team to meet American negotiators this month in Doha, including five former Guantanamo Bay inmates and a high-profile militant behind bars in Afghanistan. United States special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has undertaken extensive recent peace talks ...

KABUL - Afghan military has claimed killing key commander of Haqqani Network in Afghanistan. A senior leader of the Haqqani network has been killed in an airstrike in southeastern Paktika province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Tuesday. According to a statement released by ...