Afghanistan’s usually bustling capital Kabul slowed to a crawl Tuesday amid massive security for a high-stakes peace summit previously targeted for insurgent attacks. Police flooded the city and authorities blocked off key roads around the west Kabul venue of the so-called “loya jirga”
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Taliban militants abducted 60 truck drivers in Afghanistan’s Samanghan province on Thursday, officials said. “Taliban insurgents abducted 60 drivers of trucks on a road linking Dara-e-Suf district
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Maymana (Afghanistan): A dozen militants including Taliban key commander Mawlawi Hussain were killed in Qaisar district…
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More than 25 people were killed after Taliban militants attacked police checkpoints in two Afghan provinces overnight, officials said on Friday. In one incident, nine police officers
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Washington/Islamabad: President Donald Trump has indicated his readiness to meet Pakistan’s new leadership, amidst the ongoing…
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The Taliban’s elusive one-eyed leader Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years and never hid in Pakistan as believed by Washington, a new book has claimed.
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Fighting “fake” news, wrestling with social media, and deploying an intern army — the Taliban’s sprawling propaganda machine embraces modernity even as the group vows to enforce Islamist controls on journalists if it returns to power.
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The Taliban said Wednesday its negotiators would next week meet the top US and Pakistani officials including Prime Minister Imran Khan during a key round of talks in Islamabad as part of the ongoing Afghan peace talks.
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Afghanistan man extradited to US on charges of narco-terrorism aimed to benefit Taliban, Haqqani network
by PTIby PTIA 53-year old Afghan man has been extradited to the US on charges of attempting to import heroin into the country as well as for engaging in narco-terrorism to benefit terrorist organisations Taliban and the Haqqani network.
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Kabul: An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked an army checkpoint in one of the…