-
Taliban have no office in Iran: Deputy foreign minister
Jul 19, 2020 11:37The Taliban militant group has no office in the Islamic Republic, says Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, rejecting reports claiming otherwise.
-
Iran ready to help Afghan govt. advance national peace process: Deputy FM
Jul 16, 2020 05:14A senior Iranian diplomat has expressed the country’s readiness to help the Afghan government advance the peace process in the conflict-ridden country.
-
US says deal with Taliban enters ‘next phase’
Jul 15, 2020 03:34The United States says its deal with Taliban has entered the “next phase,” even as the militant group ramps up violence in Afghanistan.
-
11 killed in clashes after Taliban car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Samangan
Jul 14, 2020 01:25Eleven Afghan security personnel have been killed in clashes with the Taliban militants following a car bombing at a government compound in the northern province of Samangan.
-
Dozens wounded in blast, gunfire near Afghan intel agency office
Jul 13, 2020 09:38Dozens of people have been wounded in a car bomb blast followed by a shooting attack near an office of the Afghan intelligence agency in the Northern Province of Samangan.
-
Russia rejects ‘unscrupulous speculation’ alleging offer of bounties to Taliban
Jul 10, 2020 09:26Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed “unscrupulous speculation” about alleged Russian ties with the Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
-
Iranian railway to provide landlocked Afghanistan with a lifeline
Jul 08, 2020 23:47A 610-kilometer railway connecting Iran’s only ocean port of Chabahar to Zahedan near the eastern border would provide a lifeline to the landlocked Afghanistan, a country where the transport system has been hampered by years of war and a fierce rivalry between two major neighbors of India and Pakistan.
-
Afghan government says will not release ‘too dangerous’ Taliban prisoners
Jul 08, 2020 11:41Afghanistan has reiterated that it will not release certain militants it deems ‘too dangerous,’ as demanded by the Taliban.
-
Top US general says not convinced Russian cash led to US deaths in Afghanistan
Jul 08, 2020 04:27A top US general says he is not convinced Russia had incentivized Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces, including American troops, in Afghanistan.
-
US intelligence involved in ‘drug trafficking’ in Afghanistan: Russia envoy
Jul 05, 2020 12:22The Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan says the US intelligence has been involved in “drug trafficking” in the country, while dismissing accusations by Washington that Moscow has colluded with the Taliban to kill American troops.