Peace talks postponed as Taliban objects to size of Afghan delegation
The Taliban has postponed a meeting with politicians and civil society representatives from Afghanistan over issues with the size and composition of the delegation that counted 250 members. The...
View ArticleNATO, Afghan forces kill more civilians than Taliban
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a new report[pdf] showing that in the first quarter of 2019, NATO and pro-government troops in Afghanistan were responsible for...
View ArticleClassified or nonexistent: Tracking Taliban control goes dark as focus shifts...
The US military will stop publishing figures on the Afghan areas and citizens under control of the Taliban and other insurgent forces. Analysts believe this decision signifies a shift in US military...
View ArticleAfghanistan vows to release 175 Taliban prisoners after peace summit
Days after a new round of peace negotiations between the US government and the Taliban began in the Qatari capital Doha, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani told a grand tribal council in Kabul that his...
View ArticleTaliban Attack Aid Group Office in Kabul, in Setback to U.S. Peace Talks
A week after the start of a new round of US-Taliban peace negotiations, the Taliban attacked the Kabul office of American nonprofit Counterpart International, killing at least 5 people, including 3...
View ArticleSixth round of Taliban-U.S. peace talks end
The latest round of US-Taliban peace talks, the 6th in total, ended on Thursday after a little over a week. According to a Taliban statesman, the talks were “positive and constructive,” with both sides...
View ArticlePentagon asked for funds to reimburse Taliban expenses: report
Earlier this year, the US Department of Defense asked the House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense for funds to cover the costs of transportation, lodging, food and supplies for Taliban members...
View ArticleAfghan Forces Hit With Wave of Attacks on Eve of Taliban Talks
On Tuesday, one day before the first round of informal peace talks between Afghan politicians and representatives of the Taliban is set to begin in Russia, a sudden surge of violence between Afghan...
View ArticleTaliban says progress made at Afghan talks in Moscow
“Decent progress” was made during the first round of informal peace talks between Afghan politicians and Taliban leaders in Russia, a Taliban spokesman said on Thursday. However, he added that a...
View ArticleAs US And Taliban Resume Talks, More Deadly Attacks in Afghanistan
As the seventh round of US-Taliban negotiations went underway in Doha on Saturday, a wave of violence swept across Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of close to 300 fighters from the Afghan...
View ArticleAfghan talks: Rival sides agree on ‘road map for peace’
On Monday, after two-days of so-called intra-Afghan peace talks in Qatar between the Taliban and a delegation of Afghan politicians and civil society members, both sides agreed on a “road map for...
View ArticleNATO, Afghan forces killed more civilians than Taliban: UN
During the first half of 2019, the war in Afghanistan resulted in 1,366 civilian deaths, which is 30% lower than in the same period last year, a new report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan...
View ArticleTaliban say differences resolved on US troop withdrawal
The Taliban on Tuesday announced that disagreements between the group and the United States government over the withdrawal from US and NATO forces from Afghanistan have been resolved in the latest...
View ArticleIran’s cooperation with the Taliban could affect talks on U.S. withdrawal...
As progress in the US-Taliban peace talks finally seems to bring the end of the war in Afghanistan within reach after 18 years, Iran has begun to be open about its cooperation with the Afghan insurgent...
View ArticleNo deal announced as US, Taliban wrap up latest talks
Even though the Taliban announced last week that disagreements between the group and the United States government over the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan had been resolved, the...
View ArticleAfghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after attack
On Saturday, Islamic State carried out an attack on a wedding in Afghanistan that killed at least 63 people and wounded 200 more. In response to the bombing, which took place on the 100th Independence...
View ArticleTaliban Peace Talks Cast Uncertainty on Presidential Vote
As US diplomats and representatives of the Taliban get closer to a final peace agreement, it is becoming increasingly uncertain what the significance of the Afghan presidential election scheduled for...
View ArticleUS and Taliban reach agreement ‘in principle’ on Afghanistan, envoy says
The United States and the Taliban have come to an agreement “in principle,” according to US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad. US President Donald Trump will still need to approve the...
View ArticleAfghan government has concerns about US-Taliban peace deal
The Afghan government wants Washington to clarify its draft peace agreement with the Taliban so that Kabul can “completely analyze its dangers and negative consequences and avoid the dangers,” the...
View ArticleMore Americans will die after Trump abruptly ends Afghan talks, Taliban say
US President Donald Trump cancelled secret negotiations with Taliban leaders on Saturday after the group claim responsibility for a recent attack in Kabul that claimed the lives of a US soldier and 11...
View ArticleTaliban attacks kill 30, Afghan leader unhurt as bomb hits rally
The Taliban on Tuesday carried out two suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan that killed 30 people and wounded at least 45 more. The deadliest of the two explosions occurred at an election rally by...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban meet with Chinese officials after talks with US collapse
On Sunday, about two weeks after US President Donald Trump cancelled secret negotiations with Taliban leaders, 9 members of the militant group discussed the failure of the US-Taliban deal with Chinese...
View ArticleUS denies report civilians killed in airstrikes on Taliban meth labs
In May of this year, the United States army killed 30 civilians in Afghanistan as part of a military campaign targeting sites said to be used by Taliban members for the production of methamphetamine,...
View ArticleCIA-trained Afghan forces ‘committed war crimes,’ report
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses US-backed Afghan forces trained by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of carrying out “summary executions and other grave abuses without...
View ArticleDeal With Taliban Will Free American and Australian Professors, Officials Say
The Afghan government and the Taliban negotiated a prisoner exchange that would liberate American professor Kevin King and Australian professor Timothy Weeks, both former professors at the American...
View ArticleUS says mystery crash in Afghanistan was US Air Force plane
An American military aircraft went down in eastern Afghanistan earlier this week according to the US military. It remains unclear how the plane crashed, as there were no indications that it had been...
View ArticleTwo U.S. Service Members Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
On Saturday, two American service members were killed and six other US military personnel were wounded in eastern Afghanistan after an incident with an Afghan soldier. The attack occurred in the...
View ArticleU.S.-Taliban Deal Comes Under Pressure Amid Military Action
After a resurgence of violence and diplomatic tension between Washington and Kabul, the Trump administration is facing problems trying to uphold a landmark agreement with the Taliban. President Ashraf...
View ArticleAfghans Agree to Release Taliban Prisoners to Advance Talks
On Tuesday, the Afghan government agreed to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a gesture of goodwill before beginning negotiations with the terrorist group, causing controversy in Washington. Last...
View ArticlePompeo Arrives in Kabul on a Diplomatic Rescue Mission
Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, arrived in Kabul on Monday for an unannounced diplomatic rescue mission to Afghanistan. Pompeo visited Afghanistan for one day, to bridge a political impasse that...
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