-
Rocket explodes near US Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary
Sep 12, 2019 03:41A large explosion has rocked near the US Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, but officials at the compound later declared an all-clear and reported no injuries.
-
Taliban: Trump will 'soon regret' abandoning Afghan talks
Sep 10, 2019 06:55US President Donald Trump has declared as “dead” so-called peace talks with the Taliban, prompting the militant group to declare war against American forces in Afghanistan, a development that seems to only prolong the 18-year occupation of the country.
-
Trump says Taliban talks dead, war back on agenda
Sep 10, 2019 03:26US President Donald Trump has declared as “dead” so-called peace talks with the Taliban, saying Washington is back at pounding the group’s positions in Afghanistan as part of its 18-year-long war in the country.
-
US defends plans for Trump-Taliban meeting at Camp David
Sep 09, 2019 03:10The US has defended plans for a meeting between President Donald Trump and Taliban’s leaders at Camp David as prospects of a deal shatter between the two sides.
-
Defeated foreigners must leave Afghanistan, fratricide must end: Zarif
Sep 08, 2019 15:02Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says foreign troops, who have failed in achieving their purported goal of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, must leave South Asian country so that fratricide would end there.
-
Peace comes when Taliban agree to ceasefire: Afghan president
Sep 08, 2019 14:34Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says real peace is only possible if the Taliban militants agree to a ceasefire and to direct talks with the Kabul government.
-
Trump claims cancelling peace talks in US with Taliban leaders over attacks
Sep 08, 2019 02:53US President Donald Trump has claimed canceling peace talks with leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents in a resort near Washington after the notorious militant group claimed responsibility for a recent Kabul attack that killed an American soldier and 11 others.
-
Taliban say 'mistakenly' kidnap six journalists in eastern Afghanistan
Sep 07, 2019 13:25Taliban have abducted at least six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organizations in eastern Afghanistan, government officials and the militant group say.
-
Taliban attack army recruitment center amid talks with US
Sep 06, 2019 08:15Taliban militants have launched an attack against an Afghan army recruitment center in the western province of Farah, the latest in a series of attacks that rocked the country despite ongoing peace talks between the militants and the United States.
-
Afghan intelligence director quits amid rising civilian deaths
Sep 06, 2019 03:10The head of Afghanistan's intelligence service has stepped down following a deadly operation by government forces that left four brothers dead in eastern Afghanistan.