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Taliban not serious about peace: Afghan chief executive
Nov 22, 2018 08:53Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah says the Taliban militant group is not serious in peace talks aimed at ending hostilities in the war-inflicted country.
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US bases in Qatar, UAE, Afghanistan within reach of Iran’s missiles: IRGC
Nov 22, 2018 02:50The IRGC Aerospace Commander says the US bases in Afghanistan, the UAE, and Qatar as well as the US aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf are all within reach of Iranian missiles.
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Terrorist blast in Kabul aimed at sowing sectarian discord: Iran
Nov 21, 2018 02:58Iran has denounced a "heinous" terrorist attack on a religious celebration in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, saying it is aimed at sowing sectarian discord in the country.
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Terror blast kills over 50 people, wounds dozens in Afghan capital
Nov 21, 2018 02:27More than 50 people have been killed and over 80 wounded after a huge explosion ripped through a building in Afghanistan's capital in which a large crowd of people, including religious scholars, were marking the birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).
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Taliban: No deal reached with US in Qatar on deadline to end Afghan war
Nov 19, 2018 11:35The Taliban militant group says it has failed to reach any agreement with the United States after three days of talks in Qatar, citing dissatisfaction with a deadline set by Washington’s Afghanistan envoy to end the war.
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17 years into Afghanistan War, US admits ‘Taliban not losing’
Nov 19, 2018 06:07The top US military officer has admitted that the Taliban "are not losing" in Afghanistan and much more needs to be done to bring peace to the war-torn country 17 years into the longest war in American history.
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Taliban attack kills 30 policemen in western Afghanistan
Nov 15, 2018 11:59At least 30 Afghan security forces have been killed in an overnight attack by the Taliban militants against an outpost in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah bordering Iran, Afghan officials say.
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Taliban militants kill 25 civilians, govt. forces in Afghanistan’s Ghazni
Nov 11, 2018 13:55Taliban militants have killed at least 25 civilians and government forces in Afghanistan’s central east province of Ghazni, a week after the militant group seized control of an important security post outside the provincial capital in a deadly attack on Afghan soldiers.
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Iran’s Zarif highlights costs of US wars
Nov 10, 2018 03:13Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made a reference to data released by an academic center on the financial and human costs of the wars that the US has waged since the 9/11 attacks purportedly to fight terrorism, saying they have wreaked havoc on the Middle East.
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Moscow hosts peace talks between Taliban, Afghan govt.
Nov 09, 2018 10:13Multilateral talks on Afghanistan peace opened in Moscow on Friday with the participation of the Taliban and the Afghanistan High Peace Council (HPC), which is said to be representing the Kabul government.