(KHAAMA Press): The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed that Qatar will play a role in facilitating peace talks and advising negotiators to both sides. Sources in Doha says after the government and the Taliban failed to resolve their differences, it was decided that Qatar should play a mediative role. According to the reports,
(TOLO News): At least three policemen were killed and two others including a civilian were wounded in an explosion near a police checkpoint in the city of Herat on Sunday morning, local officials said. The bomb was placed on a motorbike and was detonated near to a police checkpoint, said Abdul Ahad Walizada, a spokesman
(Afghanistan Times): Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the Taliban’s red unit commander for Nadali district of Helmand province was killed along with his seven comrades. Abdul Rahman was killed in an airstrike as he and his seven associates were planning to carry terrorist attacks in the district, the ministry said. This is as the
(Afghanistan Times): Human Rights Watch on Sunday urged warring parties of Afghanistan to prioritize protection of civilians during the thorny peace process and stop deadly attacks in the war-ravaged country. This is as a prelude to peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha since September has not led to a solution
(ATN News): At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when a mortar hit the Kunduz government complex on Sunday evening, a source said Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source told Ariana News that the mortar hit the volleyball field inside the complex at around 5 pm Sunday. At least five people,
(ATN News): The commander for a Taliban Red Unit for Nadali district of southern Helmand province was killed in an airstrike by the Afghan security forces on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed. In a statement released on Sunday, the MoD stated: “Abdul Rahman, commander of the Taliban’s Red Unit for Nadali district of
(DID Press): “China would be welcomed as an arbitrator in negotiations [for peace in Afghanistan] and should not leave matters of such a great importance solely to the US,” said Maulana Samiul Haq, the so-called “Father of the Taliban”, in 2018. Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban finally began in September in
(Afghanistan Times): Officials in the southern province of Helmand say that defense and security forces plan to reopen the vital highway connecting Kandahar to the neighboring Helmand. The highway was blocked by Taliban fighters since they attacked to capture the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah some two weeks back. Provincial Governor Yasin Khan said Monday
(BNA): Over 13 Taliban fighters including a local key commander of them were killed during clashes with Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province last night. The conflicts took place, while a group of Taliban militants have launched attack on Afghan security forces’ supplies convey in Nawa and NadAli districts of the province. Press office
(UNAMA): The number of Afghan civilians killed and injured in the conflict has failed to slow since the start of intra-Afghan peace talks, although the overall civilian casualty figure for the first nine months of 2020 dropped by around 30 per cent compared to the same period in 2019, according to a new report released