(Afghanistan Times): Afghanistan is attempting to engage in discussions with the Taliban to resolve the longstanding dispute over the agenda and roadmap for peace talks, after weeks of stalemate in the negotiations to end Afghanistan’s war. The Afghan government and the Taliban’s negotiating teams held a general meeting in Doha Thursday night after weeks of
(Afghanistan Times): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that attacks have been on the rise in recent weeks in Afghanistan that threatening the peace process and alarming the Afghan people and their regional and international supporters. In series of tweets, Khalilzad said, “Following several meetings General Miller and I had with the
(Afghanistan Times): A roadside blast of an improvised explosive device in Ghor province killed at least six civilians, officials confirmed Friday. Spokesman to the Interior Ministry, Tariq Aryan, told reporters on Friday that a vehicle carrying civilians collided with a roadside mine in the Planshahr area of Firuzkuh. Four civilians were injured, the Interior Ministry
(BNA): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh and other high-ranking officials on Thursday morning attended the funeral ceremony of eight Afghan Air Force pilots and personnel that lost their lives in two helicopter collision in southern Helmand province the other day The Afghan Air Forces service members were martyred in Helmand in
(BNA) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the current peace negotiations “offers the best chance” for peace in Afghanistan, but the Taliban “must keep their promise” and deescalate ongoing offensive throughout the country. In a meeting with United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha Thursday, Stoltenberg assured NATO’s support to ongoing
(BNA): Maidan Wardak local police sources reported a Taliban attack on a public order police base in the province. According to BNA, local police sources say that the Taliban first used a car bomb and detonated police station in Kota Ashrawi area of the province. The Taliban wanted to attack the checkpoint after the blast
(Didpress Agency): “When the Taliban refused to back down during the term of the Doha agreement, with the United States, which lasted 18 months, one should not think that they would even be willing to talk about it in the future intra-Afghan negotiations,” Bahrami wrote on his twitter page. According to him, the Doha agreement
(Afghanistan Times): President Ashraf Ghani met on Sunday with Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation to discuss steps the government needs to take in the future. Presidential palace said in a statement that Abdullah informed Ghani about his recent visit to Pakistan and meetings with Pakistani officials. Abdullah was warmly welcomed
(TOLO News): In Bagrami district, two army officers—Wais Ahmad and Sayed Nazifullah—were killed and another was wounded in an attack by unknown armed men, according to police. Meanwhile, a vehicle carrying Hamdullah Arbab, spokesman and commissioner for the Access to Information Commission, was targeted by an IED blast in Kabul. Arbab was not wounded in
(TOLO News): The negotiating teams of both sides of the peace negotiations have held seven contact group meetings, but could not agree on two disputed points. The contact groups have not held any meetings for the last six days, according to TOLOnews’ Karim Amini who reports on the talks from Doha. The Taliban demand recognition