(TOLO News): Pakistan reopened southwestern the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province that is currently held by the Taliban, Pakistani customs officials said, as quoted by Reuters. The Pakistani government has allowed over 100 trucks carrying goods to cross into Afghanistan, the report said. The crossing has remained closed by Pakistan since fierce fighting for
(TOLO News): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said there is a need for a political settlement to end the conflict in Afghanistan. "The security situation in Afghanistan remains deeply challenging, and requires a negotiated settlement. NATO will continue to support Afghanistan, including with funding; civilian presence; and out-of-country training,” tweeted Stoltenberg after speaking
(Afghanistan Times): Former Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, met with members of the Afghanistan rescue movement on Monday. In this review, the former president called on the government and the Taliban to take away from this foreign war, and through talks, to promote respectable peace in the country and for a prosperous, progressive and united government
(Afghanistan Times): The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan in a meeting with chief Afghan negotiator in talks with Taliban called for acceleration of the negotiations to reach a negotiated settlement and end the war. Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan met the Afghan government chief negotiator Masoom Stanekzai on Monday, discussing the
(Khaama Press): Former warlord in the north of Afghanistan Atta Muhammad Noor in an interview with Associated Press blamed both the Afghan government and the US for “irresponsible” withdrawal for the Taliban’s recent development in particular in gaining territories. Noor warned that the ongoing situation is quite dangerous and there is a real possibility of
(Afghanistan Times): The Taliban have purportedly overrun two military outposts in PD 7 Kandahar’s capital city, a security source said on Friday. Provincial Police said that the reinforce security forces arrived in the area to push the militants back. Kandahar is insecure province in the south, where fierce clashes between the security forces and Taliban
(Pajhwok): Pakistan has renewed its call for a lasting, comprehensive and inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan. In a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi asked all Afghan stakeholders to work together for stabilising their homeland. Achieving peace in Afghanistan was the shared responsibility of
(Khaama Press): Iran’s foreign ministry has recently said that the border guards of are protecting borders with Afghanistan and there is no concern about the insecurity that erupted in western Afghanistan adjacent to Iran. Spokesman of the ministry Saeed Khatibzada in a conference confirmed that the borders of Iran are safe and peaceful. The Commander
(ATN News): Two people were killed and four others wounded in an explosion in Kart-e-Naw area in PD8 of Kabul city this morning, said police. Fardaws Faramarz, spokesman for Kabul Police, said that the explosion take place at a property dealer’s office in the city. According to police all the victims are civilians. Police added
(Afghanistan Times): A former Jihadi leader, Mohammad Ismail Khan vows of mobilizing thousands of armed forces to fight the Taliban in western Herat province as the insurgents have recently made rapid territorial gains across the country. Khan officially declared the People’s Resistance Movement of western Afghanistan in consultative meeting at his residence in Herat province