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Taliban kill at least 25 Afghan security forces in ambush
Oct 21, 2020 10:50At least 25 Afghan security personnel have been killed in an ambush blamed on Taliban militants in the northeastern province of Takhar.
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Blasts kill dozen policemen in southwest Afghanistan
Oct 20, 2020 15:50Two separate roadside bomb explosions have killed at least a dozen policemen, including a district police chief, in Afghanistan's southwestern Nimruz Province.
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US pays no heed to security of Muslim countries: Parliament speaker
Oct 18, 2020 16:21Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the United States has been playing a destructive role in Afghanistan, emphasizing that Washington does not care about security of Muslim countries.
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Iran supports peace process in Afghanistan: Zarif
Oct 18, 2020 14:18Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic supports peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban militant group as well as the agreements reached between the two sides.
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Afghan forces kill over 70 Taliban militants, detain local leader in Helmand: officials
Oct 12, 2020 11:12Afghan military forces have carried out an attack on a group of Taliban militants in Helmand, killing scores of them and arresting the group’s local governor days after an escalation of fighting in the southern province.
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Bloody violence hits Afghanistan as President Ghani heads to Doha for talks
Oct 05, 2020 11:00Fresh bloodshed has rocked Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan as President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul for a visit to Doha for meetings with Qatari officials amid inconclusive US-brokered negotiations with the Taliban militants.
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Taliban massacre 28 police officers in southern Afghanistan
Sep 24, 2020 05:42At least 28 Afghan police officers are massacred by the Taliban militants at security checkpoints in southern Afghanistan.
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Dozens of Afghan soldiers have been killed in clashes with Taliban since peace talks began
Sep 22, 2020 03:45At least 57 members of Afghanistan’s security forces have lost their lives and dozens of others sustained injuries in clashes with the Taliban militants across the country over the past week, amid long-awaited peace talks between the two sides.
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Dozens killed in fighting as intra-Afghan talks continue in Doha
Sep 18, 2020 01:57Fierce fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban has resulted in dozens of casualties in a restive eastern province as negotiators from both warring sides pushed ahead with talks in the Qatari capital, Doha.
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Nearly 50 Afghans killed in Taliban attacks over last week
Sep 14, 2020 04:00A statement released by Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says that the Taliban militants have carried out several attacks and bombings across 22 out of 34 provinces of the country on Saturday night alone.