(TIME news): The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal “in principle” to end America’s longest war. Angry
(The chipher brief news): America’s longest war, soon approaching its 18th year in Afghanistan, is not over although it seems to be entering a new phase. On September 1, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad discussed the broad contours of a tentative deal with the Taliban. The proposed deal calls for the
(N world news): Hundreds of residents from near Kabul’s Green Village took to the streets on Tuesday to demand justice for those killed and injured in Monday’s Taliban attack. Green Village is a heavily fortified compound that includes international organisations and aid agencies, and residential apartments for foreign employees. Those living near by said they
(TOLO news): “A major troop withdrawal must be contingent on a final peace,” the nine former diplomats wrote on the website of the Atlantic Council, a think tank. “The initial US drawdown should not go so far or so fast that the Taliban believe they can achieve military victory.” The nine envoys, including five former
(TOLO news): The Taliban’s attack on the city of Kunduz was repelled by Afghan forces but sources say that threats remain high on the outskirts of the city near the Kunduz-Takhar and Baghlan-Kunduz highways. The highways connect Kabul with the northern province of Balkh and northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan. Sources said that hundreds
(Arab news): The Taliban spokesman in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, announced last week that the US and the Taliban were close to a peace agreement and that only operational details remained to be finalised. The head of the US delegation, Zalmay Khalilzad, arrived in Kabul on Sunday to seek the backing of President Ashraf Ghani. Once
(International news): The Taliban attacked a second Afghan city in as many days on Sunday, killing several civilians and security forces, officials said, even as Washington’s peace envoy said the U.S. and the militant group are “at the threshold of an agreement” to end America’s longest war. The attack on the capital of Baghlan province
(KHAAMA PRESS): The Afghan forces ousted Taliban militants from the outskirts of Pul-e Khumri city, inflicting heavy casualties on militants during the clearance operations. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said the security forces suppressed the Taliban militants in all three locations of the city where they had launched attacks. Rahimi further
(BNA) At least five anti-government militias were killed and two others were wounded following attack carried out by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in southern Urozgan province. The insurgents have been targeted, while they were busy on organizing a series of terrorist and destructive activities in Tarinkot city the provincial capital of the
(China.org.cn): At least nine people were killed and 27 others wounded as security forces repulsed attacks by Taliban militants in Pul-e-Khumri city, capital of northern Baghlan province, on Sunday, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. The clashes erupted after Taliban militants carried out attacks before dawn on positions of the security forces in Hussain Khil and