ISLAMABAD-UN Security Council (UNSC) has encouraged Afghan government and Taliban to work toward an early start of peace negotiations. In a press statement, the members of Security Council welcomed steps taken so far by two sides to move toward start of intra-Afghan negotiations. They also welcomed ...

ISLAMABAD-US President Donald Trump has said that he was never briefed on intelligence that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing US troops. In a tweet, he said nobody including Vice President Mike Pence and Chief of Staff Mark Randall Meadows briefed about the so-called ...

ISLAMABAD-NEW YORK,A Russian military unit secretly sought to offer rewards to Taliban-linked militants to incentivize them to hunt and kill NATO troops in Afghanistan, which include American forces, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence officials. The report said ...

ISLAMABAD-In Afghanistan, at least 10 government soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province. Government officials said the attack took place when the security forces were going outside their base to review the security situation.

ISLAMABAD-Dozens of Taliban fighters stormed three checkposts in pre-dawn raids in northern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing at least eight security personnel, in the latest attack on government forces ahead of expected peace talks.It comes after authorities this week accused the Taliban of increasing ...

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador (Retd) Muhammad Sadiq recently visited Doha, Qatar on June 16-17, where he met Taliban leaders including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. In a statement following media queries, foreign office spokesperson said during meeting ...

ISLAMABAD-The Taliban on Friday played down concerns that Afghanistan could be used as a launching ground for future attacks on the West, after the US said it had so far upheld its pledge to reduce its military presence in the country.  The top US commander for the region said it cut the ...

ISLAMABAD-Afghanistan's government will soon complete a Taliban prisoner release that is vital to peace talks with the insurgents getting underway, President Ashraf Ghani said Thursday. Under the terms of a US-Taliban deal signed in February, Kabul has pledged to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners in a ...

Kabul, (AFP/APP):The US laucnhed its first air strikes against the Taliban since a rare ceasefire between the insurgents and Afghan forces ended more than a week ago, the US military said Friday.                  ...

KABUL: On September 28, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani gave an interview to British Broadcasting Corporation BBC. He talked at length about terrorism in region and security scenario in Afghanistan.Ashraf Ghani termed relations with Pakistan as between two states and denied perception of being ...