Taliban publicly denies ties with the US &do not want to stir the ire of Taliban rank&file.They mastered the skills from Pakistani mentors.There are backdoor collaboration channels between the US&Taliban including sharing tactical intelligence in Taliban's campaign against ISKP
#ISIS-#Khorasan in #Afghanistan - about 2,000-2,500 fighters, @CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Michael Kurilla tells HASC lawmakers "But we do see the threat coming from the al-Siddiqi Office.based out of Afghanistan" he says
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Afghanistan, with tremors felt across India and Pakistan
1 year agoA massive 7.7 earthquake strikes Pakistan & parts of India. Earthquake
6.5 magnitude earthquake. 40 km from Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
1 year agoPakistan: Security forces claimed seizing cache of explosives and ammunition in an operation in Chaman, Balochistan, near Pakistan-Afghanistan border
The Security Council votes unanimously to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan
6 members of ISIS group including a woman were killed in an operation by Taliban in PD14 of Herat province. Officials of Taliban in Herat said that this operation carried out around 2200hrs on Friday night in outskirts of PD14 of Herat
Taliban: 80 Afghans are among the dead in a boat crash off the coast of Italy
Taliban authorities in Nimruz province confirmed that they have received a total of 101 dead bodies of Afghan refugees from Iran over the past two months
Taliban arrested the former deputy governor of Helmand province Bashir Ahmad Shakir, he recently had an interview with popular show Kaktoos. In the past 11 days Taliban had arrested 12 Helmandis majority are from the Achakzai tribe
Badakhshan residents reported an earthquake a little after 5am on Thursday, and the USGS site reported multiple quakes in bordering Tajikistan, between 4.5 and 4.8 magnitude. There are no details available yet on possible damages or casualties
1 year agoA commander of Taliban was killed & two other fighters of this group were injured in an explosion in Kart-e Naw area, outskirts of PD08 of Kabul on Thursday, the capital of Afghanistan
The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed due to an exchange of fire
Clashes between Pakistani forces and the Afghan Taliban in Torkham border
1 year agoFighting going on between taliban Fighters and Pakistani security forces At Torkham
1 year agoThis ex-member of police for PD6 of Kabul died after being brutally tortured by the Taliban. His close relatives told that he couldnt endure his wounds, so 1 day after the torture, he died at the hospital. This is d 2nd ex-military killed by Taliban in the past 1 week in west Kabul
Associated Press: "Military: Forces raid hideout, kill 12 Pakistani Taliban"
Diplomatic missions in Kabul are on high alert after Taliban intelligence (GDI) informed them that an explosive-laden vehicle (VBIED) has successfully infiltrated into the Green Zone area of Kabul. Warning apparently prompted Saudis to evacuate
Reports coming in that UAE is also evacuating its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. This comes after the Saudi embassy was evacuated a couple of days ago
1 year ago"The Islamic Republic of Iran is cooperating with the Taliban to support Afghanistan's people," says Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian president's special envoy on Afghanistan affairs
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday Washington has imposed additional additional visa restrictions on some Taliban members in response to bans on women's rights
1 year agoUN Under-Sec-Gen for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths: "We spoke to all those Taliban authorities about the need to expand, in the absence of verification, expand these authorizations and exceptions to all sectors, to allow women to work and allow sectors to operate
Taliban FM Muttaqi: Afghanistan should not be held responsible for Pakistan's internal problems. If someone says that Afghanistan was the center of terrorism, then this terrorism would have also reached Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran. Yet that is not the case
At least 90 people have been killed in Monday's suicide bombing inside a mosque in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan. The attack was initially claimed by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), but denied by its spokesperson later
1 year agoAt least 17 killed and some 75 wounded in A powerful suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar's Police Lines area Pakistan . TTP claimed responsibility
A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in a regular daily briefing strongly condemned the attack on the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Afghanistan and said they hope that Islamic Emirate can protect citizens from all countries, including Chinese nationals
UNAMA in a tweet condemned the blast near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul and said "violence is not part of any solution to bring lasting peace to Afghanistan." "Our condolences to the families affected," UNAMA said
A criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court said Trevor Thomas Bickford told a family member that he wanted to go to Jordan or Afghanistan to be a suicide bomber for his religion. He now faces federal terrorism charges
The shooting and explosions in Kabul are the result of a security operation against ISIS
