Afghanistan

Taliban militants reject fresh calls for extending June ceasefire in Afghanistan

Jun 26, 2018 03:56

The Afghanistan’s Taliban militant group has rejected pleas by the country’s elders and activists for an extension of this month’s ceasefire between Kabul and the militants, saying the requests amounted to a call for surrender to foreign troops.
Taliban kill 16 police, 2 civilians in western Afghanistan

Jun 22, 2018 07:05

Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed at least 16 police officers and two civilians in the western province of Badghis, officials announced.
Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers in 1st major raid after truce

Jun 20, 2018 12:29

Taliban militants have launched multiple attacks in western Afghanistan, capturing a military base and killing at least 30 soldiers, only two days after the militants announced the end of a three-day ceasefire.
Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers in 1st major raid after truce

Jun 20, 2018 05:19

Taliban militants have launched multiple attacks in western Afghanistan, capturing a military base and killing at least 30 soldiers, only two days after the militants announced the end of a three-day ceasefire.
Peace marchers arrive in Afghan capital as Taliban end truce

Jun 18, 2018 07:27

After walking hundreds of kilometers across Afghanistan, dozens of peace marchers have arrived in the capital, Kabul, just as the Taliban militant group ends a ceasefire agreement and resumes its attacks.
Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 32 as Taliban reject ceasefire extension

Jun 17, 2018 14:52

A bomb attack has killed at least 32 people in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar amid an announcement by the Taliban militants that they would not extend their temporary ceasefire with Afghan security forces and that fighting would resume in the crisis-hit country.
Iran hails extension of ceasefire in Afghanistan

Jun 17, 2018 12:30

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has welcomed the extension of a ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban, calling on the sides to respect the truce in order to establish stability and peace in the war-stricken country.
Blast kills 26 at gathering of Taliban, Afghan forces in Nangarhar

Jun 16, 2018 14:25

An explosion has killed at least 26 people at a gathering of the Taliban and Afghan security officials in the eastern province of Nangarhar as the two sides were marking their unprecedented three-day ceasefire on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr Muslim holidays.
Afghan Taliban attack police headquarters despite govt. truce

Jun 12, 2018 07:19

Taliban militants in Afghanistan have launched an attack on a district in southeastern Ghazni Province, killing five police officers on the first day of a ceasefire declared by the government.
At least 13 people killed in Daesh bomb attack in Kabul

Jun 11, 2018 12:25

At least 13 people, including women and children, have lost their lives and dozens more sustained injuries after a member of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group detonated an explosive vest outside a government ministry in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, officials say.