(The International News): Head of Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan Lt Col Sadulla Tashmatov said on Saturday that his country was willing to facilitate the Afghan peace process. He was talking at an interactive session on Pak-Uzbek bilateral relations at the Area Study Centre (Russia, China and Central Asia) University of Peshawar (UoP). He
(Voice of america): Afghan journalists covering the government’s peace talks with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, say Kabul did not provide them with full access to information. The government has reiterated its pledge of transparency and support for press freedom in the peace talks process. But journalists say they are concerned an agreement between Afghanistan
(BNA): Taliban's plan to target worshipers in Nangarhar failed. A senior Army Corps official in east of the country told BNA that the Taliban tried to target worshipers with the bombing, but not succeeded to their evil goals. The security troops discovered the bomb in collaboration with residents of the area. Taliban mostly planted bombs
(BNA): Condemning the attack on deputy head of provincial council of Paktia province here yesterday, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani asked Taliban to declare humanitarian ceasefire amid peace talks in Doha. President Ghani condemned the attack on Ayub Gharwal, deputy head of Paktia Provincial Council, who was gunned down on Saturday in Gardez city. In a
(RADIO PAKISTAN): In Afghanistan, more than thirty Taliban militants have been killed and eight others wounded during clashes with security forces in Kunduz province. In a statement, Afghan Defence Ministry said that the incident occurred in Nekpay-e-Sayyed Ramadan locality of Khan Abad district when Taliban stormed security checkpoints there. In Afghanistan, more than thirty Taliban
(Voice of america) Delegates of Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban continue finalizing “rules of negotiations” for a power-sharing deal a week after the two foes launched their historic U.S.-brokered direct peace dialogue. Meanwhile, battlefield hostilities between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents continued to inflict heavy casualties on both sides and deepen a mutual trust deficit
(TOLO News): Sources close to the Taliban said that most of the fatwas (rulings) of the group, particularly on war, are issued by Mawlawi Abdul Hakim and that he will attend the negotiating table with full authority. Mawlawi Abdul Hakim was a mentor for many high-ranking Taliban members and was a close aide to Mullah
(Al Arabiya): The Taliban’s seriousness about peace will be evident from the outset, when Kabul’s negotiating team pushes for a permanent ceasefire, Vice President Amrullah Saleh said. “The first test for the Taliban is (a) ceasefire,” Saleh told Tolo News, the country’s biggest private television network. “If they accept the ceasefire, they are committed to
(ATN News): Police confirmed the incident and said clashes then occurred between security forces and Taliban militants. A policeman was injured in the shooting. Provincial police did not provide further details. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, 25 Taliban fighters were killed and eight wounded in clashes and airstrikes in Laghman. This came after Afghan security
(BNA): The country’s Second Vice-President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh in a meeting with Massoum Stanekzai, head of Afghanistan delegation on peace negotiation, the other day reiterated for a national stance in the peace negotiation in Afghanistan, a statement from his office said. Stanekzai shared information about the preparation of the country’s VP Danesh reiterates national stance