Tag: Taliban
Taliban set to declare Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
President Ashraf Gani has fled to Tajikistan and the Taliban had ruled out suggestions of a transitional government, opting instead…
Afghan president Ghani flees as Taliban fighters enter Kabul
Although a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official confirmed Ghani's flight to Tajikistan, the president's office refused to make comment for…
Breaking: Taliban fighters capture Jalalabad, next Kabul
The militants posted photos online early Sunday showing them in the governor’s office in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.
Taliban move closer to Kabul as Pul-e-Alam, Sharana fall
The gain of Pul-e-Alam, a key staging post for a potential assault on Kabul, comes a day after the insurgents…
Taliban captures Logar province in Afghanistan
A terrorist group ''the Taliban'' has captured Puli Alam, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province, located just 50 kilometres…
Taliban captures Lashkar Gar, Feruz Koh cities: Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera reports that the Islamists have also taken control of Feruz Koh city in Afghanistan’s western province of Ghor…
Taliban capture Herat 11th Afghan provincial capital, Americans told to flee
Herat is home to veteran warlord Ismail Khan, who for weeks has been rallying his forces to make a stand…
Taliban take Ghazni City 10th Afghan provincial capital
President Ashraf Ghani is trying to rally a counteroffensive relying on his country's special forces, the militias of warlords and…
America throws Afghans under the bus
By Wednesday, at least nine provincial capitals have been overrun by the Taliban with little resistance by Afghan forces.
American soldiers verdict on Afghanistan: U.S. lost to Taliban
American soldiers who participated in the 20 year-old Afghanistan war against the Taliban have been rendering their candid verdict.
Taliban hits 3 checkpoints in Afghanistan; kills 11
Taliban militants on Wednesday night killed 11 Afghan security forces members in eastern Afghanistan, authorities confirmed this on Thursday.
Afghan President rejects Taliban’s ridiculous offer
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has refused the Taliban outfit's demand for the release of 5,000 detainees within 10 days,…
US, Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal
Representatives of the United States and the Taliban, on Saturday, signed a long-negotiated agreement in the Gulf State of Qatar,…
US, Taliban sign Afghan peace deal today to end 18 years of war
The United States and the Taliban are set to sign a long-sought deal in Doha today to end 18 years…
5 militants killed
The Afghan Defense Ministry on Sunday said five Taliban militants had been killed with 25 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralized…
Airstrikes kill 16 militants
At least 16 militants have been confirmed killed as fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts in Balkh district of the northern…
US resumes talks with Taliban in Doha
The United States resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald…
US-Taliban talks back on track, says Trump
President Donald Trump said Thursday the US and the Taliban insurgents, are talking to make a deal again, two months…
Air raids kills 21 militants in Afghanistan
At least 21 militants were on Friday killed in the northern and eastern region of Afghanistan as the Defense Ministry…
Afghan defies Taliban to vote again after they cut finger in 2014
The Taliban cut off Safiullah Safi's right forefinger for voting in 2014. That did not stop the businessman from doing…
Taliban poll warning: Pakistan shuts border crossings with Afghanistan
Pakistan on Friday closed all border crossings with Afghanistan in a bid to improve security ahead of presidential elections in…
Explosion hits eastern Afghanistan during President Ghani’s rally
Casualties were feared after an explosion struck an election campaign rally in Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province on Tuesday.
Taliban to end 18-year old war with U.S
The Taliban is willing to sign the “finalized agreement with the U.S.,” the militant organization’s deputy head of political office…
Mercurial Trump declares Taliban peace deal ‘dead’
Mercurial President Donald Trump on Monday said that US peace talks with the Taliban are over and announced that the…
Taliban threatens to kill more Americans after Trump snub
President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while…
6 Afghan journalists “mistakenly kidnapped” by Taliban
The Taliban have kidnapped six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organisations in eastern Paktia province, government officials…
U.S close to a deal with Taliban, Kabul regime in the dark
The US and the Taliban are "close" to a deal that would see the Pentagon slash troop numbers in Afghanistan,…
US nears peace deal with Taliban
The United States is hoping for a breakthrough as talks with the Taliban resumed in Doha on Saturday in a…
Suspected terrorist sympathiser yanked off Middle East-bound plane
Officials said on Friday that Federal authorities removed a Bronx man off an airplane bound for the Middle-East after learning…
Taliban kills 8 Afghan soldiers, 4 civilians in Ghazni bombing
Taliban Islamist fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than…