(ONE TV): Khalilzad paused renewed talks with the Taliban last month after the militants launched a suicide attack on a US base outside Kabul killing two civilians. Khalilzad expects a ceasefire from the Taliban. There have been reports that the Taliban leadership has agreed to a temporary ceasefire, but the group rejected the reports saying
(BNA): Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh expressed concern over increasing criminal activities in the capital city, in particular in west part of Kabul, asking Police and National Directorate for Security to review their preventive measures and anti-crime programs. During a meeting with deputy of the NDS Ali Ahmad Asgheri and Kabul Police Chief Said
(KHAAMA PRESS): The residences of capital Kabul city have recently launched a security advocacy campaign against increasing crimes through social media tools. The campaign named ‘Kabul is not safe/peaceful’ started following the assassination of a 22-year old Afghan student who was killed by armed street robbers in one of the streets during evening time. Ali
(TOLO NEWS): The Taliban attacked an ANA base in the Shargha area of Khakrez district Sunday morning with a motor bomb, the governor’s office said. According to the governor’s office, the car bomb was identified by security forces and the driver was killed and the bomb was destroyed before it reached its presumed target. The
(ONE TV): Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani spoke on the phone with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday and expressed his condolences on the death of Qasem Soleimani. During the phone call, President Ghani also told his Iranian counterpart that based on a security deal with US, Afghan soil will never be used against any
(TOLO NEWS): A source within the Taliban says the leadership of the group has initially agreed that they do not want to be taken advantage of by recent US-Iran escalation. According to the source, there is acknowledgement that the killing of the Iranian elite force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani will certainly have an impact on
(Afghanistan times): Former spy chief and presidential runner, Rahmatullah Nabil has said the Taliban would get access to the air defense system if the ongoing peace talks didn’t reach a positive solution by “this spring or summer”. “Given the recent developments in the region, I think if the US-Taliban peace deal is not finalized by
(ATN NEWS): In a statement by Afghan Presidential Office (ARG), President Ashraf Ghani assured Iranian President Hassan Rohani, over a telephone talk, Sunday, that in accordance with the US-Afghan Security Treaty, Afghan territory will never be used, for operations of any sorts, against other nations. According to the statement, Ghani has expressed his condolences to
(BNA): Attack of Taliban on police checkpoints in Qads District, Badghis province was repelled last night. Tahseel Haidari police spokesman of Badghis told BNA correspondent, Taliban carried out attacks on police checkpoints in Qads district, and they were forced to retreat with casualties. In the clash, dozens of Taliban were killed which the exact figures
(BNA): Five Taliban Associates were joined Government in Faryab province yesterday. Mohammad Hanif Rezaee Shaheen 209 army corps spokesman told BNA, the Taliban led by Wazirgul belonged to Mullah Nazem commander of Taliban in Qaisar district, Faryab, who abandoned the war by realizing the legitimacy of the government and joined government with their hand weapons.