A senior Taliban leader Mullah Qayum Zakir has proposed that the Taliban leadership should hold peace talks with the Afghan government, United States and other Western countries. In a letter to the Taliban group’s council, Mullah Zakir has proposed that the Taliban group should adopt a new strategy for the movement’s internal and external policies. The 12-point proposal form by ...

A Pakistani political leader has said they feel proud to support the Afghan Taliban group, emphasizing that the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) still support the group. Maulana Yousaf Shah, the party’s chief for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said leaders had always raised their voice against the western powers, according to the media reports. This comes as the Afghan officials have long been criticizing ...

The Taliban group in Afghanistan has been massively using media for the publicity of the group’s insurgency, particularly using its online website and social media networks. With the rampant insurgency led by the group during the past several months across the country, the Taliban militants opted to further intensify its media pressure by creating an application. However, the group’s attempt ...

The Afghan intelligence operatives released a group of 14 prisoners from a Taliban-run prison in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. They have also arrested at least four Taliban group members who were operating as the group’s jailers in Helmand province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the suspects were arrested during a special military raid in Greshk district. According ...

The Taliban group has appointed Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob as the group’s military commission chief for 15 provinces of the country. Mullah Yaqoob is the son of the Taliban group founder and former supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar whose death was confirmed last year. Taliban said Mullah Yaqoob was appointed for the post during an extraordinary meeting organized by the Taliban ...

AFGHANISTAN: The former Afghan defense minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi slammed the Taliban group for assassinating the Afghan security officials on the orders of Pakistan’s military intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). He was speaking during a gathering to commemorate the first death anniversary of Hekmatullah Haqmal who was assassinated in Helmand province a year ago. Mohammadi hailed the Afghan security forces ...

At least 15 Taliban insurgents were arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives for planning coordinated suicide attacks in southern Kandahar province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the Taliban insurgents were operating in three different groups and were involved in planning and coordinating suicide attacks in Kandahar province. No further details were given regarding the possible target of the ...

PESHAWAR: A dissident Taliban leader, who refused pledging allegiance to the movement’s new head, has been detained by Pakistani security personnel. Mullah Muhammad Rasool was chosen as head of the breakaway faction in early November by the Taliban opposed to Mullah Akhtar Mansoor’s appointment as the group’s supremo. Rasool was arrested after he had fled recent infighting in southern Zabul ...

The dissident Taliban leader Mullah Rasool has said he will not participate in peace talks with the government which is led by the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. In an interview with the UK-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Mullah Rasool has said he is not opposed to reconciliation in principle, insisting that he opposes with Mansoor’s hegemony over ...

PESHAWAR: The Obama administration has asked the Taliban to engage in a peace process and ultimately become a legitimate part of the political system of a sovereign and united Afghanistan. State Department spokesman John Kirby issued the call days after the militant movement refused to enter a reconciliation dialogue with the government of President Ashraf Ghani. Instead of continuing to ...