Russia would like Taliban representatives to take part in Afghan presidential election, Moscow's special envoy to Afghanistan says
Russia, U.S. envoys to Afghanistan will meet in Turkey on February 22, says Russia's special presidential envoy to Kabul, says Zamir Kabulov, according to TASS.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Haqqani, who is being held in Kabul, "should be released to start work on the negotiating team."
Russia says the time has come to lift sanctions on the Taliban.
President Ghani says the Afghan government has a will for peace. He reiterates his call on the Taliban to join peace.
We should think about the future of Taliban fighters and their integration into society: President Ghani
9 month agoClashes near Ghazni Afghanistan
Afghanistan Taliban/Islamic Emirate media affirm 12 US soldiers killed during clashes with Taliban in Tarinkot, Uruzgan province, yesterday
Afghan special forces have arrested a Taliban operative responsible for two major attacks in Kabul.
9 month agoKabul police use water cannon as protest disrupts traffic
9 month agoActing Defense Secretary of US arrives in Kabul for an unannounced visit to meet the head of US troops in Afghanistan and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. His trip comes amid a U.S. peace talks with the Taliban
Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan tells reporters the US is not even discussing withdrawing half of the US troops in Afghanistan
9 month agoSecurity forces claims capturing of local Taliban commander in Tarnak Wa Jaldak district of Zabul
9 month agoPolice have seized an arms depot and nearly 8,000 kilograms of explosives in the Azra district of central Logar province, an official
9 month agoLogar: Afghan security forces seize car bomb in Mohammad Agha district Saturday night. The driver is detained and has been under investigation, police said.
9 month agoMass prayer for 16 civilians were killed in Sangin District of Southern Helmand Province
9 month agoThis car packed with explosives seized last night by ANSDF in Logar as it was on its way to Kabul to be used in another deadly attack.
9 month agoPresident @ashrafghani has arrived in Ghani-Khel District of Eastern Nangarhar province. He will meet with elders of Ghani-Khel, Achin, Nazyan, and Momand Dara districts. ISIS-K has been defeated in this area people of the area supported ANDSF
Airstrikes kill 21 civilians in Afghanistan's Helmand province: Lawmaker.
9 month agoNo peace deal for Afghanistan without Kabul's consent, President Ghani's office tells Taliban
Today Morning a Afghan Local Police Force Vehicle was targetted with bomb blast in Chaparhar Casualities exist
Taliban claimed 6 soldiers killed and multiple wounded during overnight attacks on CPs around Khwaja Ghar district center in Tarkhar
U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad says we are at the "early stages of a protracted process," in reference to the peace process with the Taliban.
9 month agoWreckage of ANDSF MD-530F helicopter in Saydabad district of Wardak
9 month agoAt least 13 illegal armed men were arrested in an operation by Police Special Unit in Balkh province, the Ministry of Interior said, adding that a number of weapons were also seized from the individuals.
Afghanistan's government has lodged a complaint with the UN over the recent trip by Taliban members to Moscow - despite their names being on the UNs blacklist which includes a travel ban
9 month agoANA convoy attacked on Kandahar Herat highway
Afghan election official in Kandahar was abducted, beaten and sexually assaulted by a protesting candidate: commission
Afghan security forces kill 43 insurgents in several operations in southern Afghanistan
Ghani: The Afghan government has serious concerns about the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
