KABUL: The Taliban insurgents group in Afghanistan called on the United States to withdraw the coalition forces as Afghanistan celebrates the 98th anniversary of its independence day. The group in a statement warned of persistent war and violence with the presence of the foreign forces, claiming that the insurgency led by the group is closer to reclaim the control of the ...

KABUL: The Afghan government officials dismiss the claims by the Taliban as baseless and part of their propaganda after the group claimed that the son of the group’s supreme leader has carried out a suicide attack in Helmand province. The Afghan officials are saying that the leaders of the Taliban and their families are based in Pakistan and Qatar, having ...

KABUL: The leader of the Taliban group Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada has recommended to the Americans to adopt diplomatic approach to resolve the issue in Afghanistan. In his message released ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, Mawlavi Akhundzada said “By accepting the legitimate demands of the Afghan Mujahid people, the Americans themselves should resolve the issue through diplomatic means instead of confrontation with ...

KABUL: The Taliban group led by Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada claimed responsibility behind the attack on Mullah Rasool’s faction in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, claiming that nearly 50 insurgents of the group were killed or wounded in the attack. A Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed that 26 militants were killed and 18 others were wounded in the attack. Ahmadi ...

KABUL: The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan announced the launch of their new spring offensive under the name of Mansoori, vowing to carry out more attacks across the country. The group says the operation has been named after their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, claiming that they had major achievements on the political and military level under his leadership. The ...

KABUL: A delegation of senior Taliban leaders have visited China from their political office in Qatar, it has been reported. Informed Taliban sources have said the delegation is led by Sher Abbas Stanikzai have visited the country on invitation of the government of China. The delegation comprise of senior leaders including Maulvi Shahabuddin Dilawar, Jan Muhammad Madani, Salam Hanafi and ...

MUNICH: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Taliban office in Qatar should be closed if the group pursues violence. During a meeting with the Qatar foreign minister, President Ghani said sanctions should also be applied on the group if no breakthrough was made in bring the leaders of the group to negotiations table. He said the main priority is that ...

KABUL: The Taliban militants group has issued an open letter to the US President Donald Trump, urging the new US leader to end the ongoing war in Afghanistan. The group which is accused of incurring the most casualties to the civilians admits in its letter that the 15 year war has caused human and material losses to both sides. Taliban ...

KABUL: The Taliban group has asked the new US President Donald Trump and his cabinet members not to follow the policy of previous US leaders. “Afghanistan is burning due to wrong policies of previous US officials and their occupations,” the group said Sunday in a statement. “If Trump doesn’t revise US policy regarding Afghanistan and follow the old policy of ...

KABUL: The Taliban militants group has released the video of an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped by the group last year. The 13-minute video purportedly shows the making desperate pleas for their lives. The hostages have been identified as Timothy Weekes, an English teacher from Sydney, and Kevin King, a professor from the United States. The video ...