KABUL: A suicide bomber trained in Peshawar city of Pakistan was arrested before he manage to carry out an attack in the provincial capital city of Kunar province in Asadabad. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the suicide bomber has been identified as Hafiz-ur-Rehman son of Mohammad Nabi who wanted to carry out an attack in Asadbad ...

At least 14 Taliban insurgents were killed in infighting in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, the security authorities said Friday. The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday morning in Sarkano district after clashes erupted among Tehrik-e-Taliban and militants operating under the Islamic Emirate. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed that clashes took place around 5:00 am ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 24 Taliban militants have reportedly been killed in the latest infighting among the rival groups in western Herat province which ended late on Tuesday. According to the local government officials, the incident took place in Pashtoon Zarghoon district after the supporters of Taliban Chief Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada clashed with the dissident Taliban leader Mullah Rasool. Provincial governor’s ...

The leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist network Ayman al-Zawahiri has pledged allegiance to the newly-appointed supreme leader of the Taliban group Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada. Al-Zawahiri in a 14 minute recording has said “As leader of the al Qaeda organization for jihad, I extend my pledge of allegiance once again, the approach of Osama to invite the Muslim nation to ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban insurgents have reportedly kidnapped dozens of passengers near Kunduz city, the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province. A local official said the passengers were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday after the Taliban insurgents established a post to stop the passenger buses and vehicles. The official speaking on the condition of anonymity said at least 3 ...

SHINDAND (Afghanistan): A breakaway Taliban faction is willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan government but will demand the imposition of Islamic law and the departure of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, a senior leader of the group said on Sunday. Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi told a group of around 200 followers in eastern Afghanistan that his faction had ...

KABUL: A dissident Taliban group on Thursday opposed the appointment of MullahHaibatullah Akhundzada as the movement’s new leader. Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhar Mansour was killed in a drone strike raid on his car in Dalbandin area of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province five days ago. Pakistan confirmed the death of Mansour on Thursday, after five days, and the Taliban confirmed ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Ministry of Interior has said the Taliban group militants are in a critical condition following the death of their leader in Pakistan. Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, told reporters in Kabul that the intelligence findings of the ministry shows the militants are suffering in the battlefield following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. He said ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban militants group released a photograph of the group’s newly-appointed supreme leader Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada. No further details have been given regarding the background of Mawlavi Akhundzada who replaced Mullah Akhtar Mansoor 3 days after he was killed in a drone strike. Meanwhile the former Afghan Intelligence Chief Rahmatullah Nabil has said Mawlavi Akhundzada was a village Mullah ...

The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has offered condolences to the family and supporters of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor over his death. Hekmatyar has released an unusual statement amid ongoing peace efforts between his party and the Afghan government, calling on Taliban to form a coalition with him. He has called on Taliban to jointly work with him to achieve the ...