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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offers the Taliban a provisional three-month ceasefire but says the truce would hold only if the insurgents reciprocated

NATO chief welcomes President Ghani's announcement of second ceasefire with the Taliban in Afghanistan. "I encourage the Taliban to demonstrate their concern for Afghans by respecting it."

Taliban in Afghanistan announce in statement that "hundreds" of prisoners will be freed for Eid.

Afghan president declares new provisional ceasefire

Jalalabad - security forces had been chasing a group of suspected insurgents when one suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside an empty Madrassa. 4 others arrested. No casualties reported so far, an official confirmed

Jalalabad - explosion reported in Jalalabad city in Nangarhar. Early reports indicate it was near a Madrassa, governor's spokesman confirms

Blast heard in Jalalabad

Al Emarah release the short video about Taliban raid on ANDSF CP near Qalat city Zabul

Air strikes reported on Chahar Dara district near Kunduz city. Govt. forces are preparing anti insurgent operations for several weeks now, but it looks that its only limited to occasional aerial bombardments

At least six people were wounded as a result of magnetic bomb blast in Dashti Barchi area Kabul Afghanistan.

Taliban claims firing missiles on USA NATO AB in Bagram Parwan Rocket attack was reported but in Kabul Also magnetic bomb blast wounded 6 people in the capital pic @Humayoonbabur

A magmatic bomb targeted a military vehicle in Dashti Barchi western part of Kabul injured three people a witness told me .

Minutes ago, a bomb, embedded in a police car, exploded in the Dasht-Baruchi Bridge, it was said that a single tier was injured in the incident.

Explosion heard in Kabul. Afghanistan

Taliban militants have captured Belcheragh district of Faryab province, a local official said Sunday.

Afghans celebrate Independence Day around the country today

Kabul – President Ashraf Ghani lays a wreath at the Minaret of Independence in Kabul city to mark the 99th anniversary of Independence Day

Taliban fighters have overrun two districts in northern Afghanistan. Taking dozens of commandos, police and militiamen as prisoners in a blitz offensive. Fighting ongoing in Faryab Badghis, Jawzjan, Kunduz, Takhar.

Faryab's Bilchiragh district falls to Taliban, no news from the whereabouts of 100 Afghan forces, source confirms

At least two rockets landed early Sunday in PD16 Qalai Zaman Khan area of capital Kabul city, local residents said.

Taliban/Islamic Emirate calls on US to hold talks "to reach an understanding" to end the war in Afghanistan

Followers of MP Abdul Rahman Shaheedani protest in Bamyain province who was recently disqualified by Independent Elections Commission.The MP ordered and bound plane forcefully and diverted back to Kabul.

Alleged return of injured or dead militants from Ghazni is incorrect: Pakistan

Pakistan Army chief COAS accepts that Pakistanis were killed during Ghazni attack, but claims they were labors went there for work.

IS Khurasan claimed killing of Taliban commander in Kunar On the other side Taliban put black out on the information's coming from Kunar and Nangrahar

President Trump is increasingly venting frustration about US strategy in Afghanistan, and showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the war, current and former sr. admin. officials tell @NBCNews.

After Uzbekistan, Taliban delegation led by Taliban Qatar office head Sher Mohammad Stanikzai visited Indonesia from August 12-15. They met vice president Muhammad Yousaf, foreign minister and special envoy for AFG and talked about peace and withdrawel of foreign troops.

Pakistan's ISI cooperated with Lashkar-e-Taiba in deadly attack on Ghazni city, senior Afghan intelligence official tells 1TV

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visits Ghazni after Taliban siege

37 y/o German man charged with membership in the foreign terrorist organization Taliban in Afghanistan, and with attempted murder: federal prosecutor general. The defendant allegedly fought for the Taliban and had been arrested by Afghanistan security forces in February 2018.