Two key Taliban group militants were arrested as they were escaping from Dahana-e-Ghori district in northern Baghlan province, disguised as married couple. According to the local security officials, the two Taliban militants were identified as Mawlavi Jumadin and Qari Juma ...

The Afghan Taliban group has confirmed that a delegation consisting high level representatives of the group is currently visiting Pakistan to discuss the issues of mutual interest. A spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar Mohammad Naeem told “The ...

The Pakistani government officials have said Islamabad is not responsible alone to bring the Afghan Taliban to peace talks table, a day after President Ghani said Afghanistan will no longer expect cooperation from the country in the Afghan peace process. ...

An Afghan Taliban delegation based in Qatar is in Karachi for direct talks with the Afghan government, BBC Urdu reported, citing diplomatic sources in Islamabad. The Foreign Office has denied knowledge of the delegation’s visit. Following a deadly insurgent attack ...

KABUL: The Embassy of Russia in Kabul has rejected reports regarding Moscow’s cooperation with the Taliban group in fight against the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in the country. According to a statement ...

The United States pressed Pakistan to follow up on Islamabad’s expressed commitment not to discriminate between terror groups amid reports that the deadly Kabul attack was plotted and carried out by the notorious Haqqani terrorist network. Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of ...

At least 41 militants were killed in the latest counter-terrorism operations conducted by the Afghan National Security Forces, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. The operations were conducted in the past 24 hours in Ghazni, Herat, and Nangarhar provinces. A ...

A dissident commander of the Taliban group has claimed that the group’s newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mullah Akhtar is not alive. The Taliban commander loyal to Mullah Mohammad Rasool has released a video message saying the Taliban group leaders should pledge ...

The Taliban group in Afghanistan announced the launch of summer offensive in Afghanistan under the name of ‘Omari Operations’. A statement by the group said the operations are being launched as the group’s military offensive against the foreign forces enters ...

The notorious Pakistan-based Haqqani terrorist network leaders have played a key role in resolving the leadership issues of the Taliban group which recently led to deadly infighting among some dissident groups in western Afghanistan. According to the local media reports ...