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Taliban Reject Kabul Offer of Talks Next Month in Saudi Arabia
The Taliban have rejected Kabul’s offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the militants, fighting to restore strict Islamic law in Afghanistan, will meet U.S. officials to further peace efforts, a Taliban leader said on Sunday.
Sunday, 30 December , 2018 -
Senator Graham calls for hearings on withdraw troops in Syria, Afghanistan
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday called for immediate U.S. Senate hearings on President Donald Trump’s decision to all American troops from Syria, which prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
Sunday, 30 December , 2018 -
Afghanistan Government Compound Attack Left More than 40 Dead
More than 40 people died Monday in a bombing and attack at a government building in Kabul, Afghan government officials say.
Wednesday, 26 December , 2018 -
Gunman Attack in Kabul killed 28, Wounded 20 others
Gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital killed at least 28 people – mostly government employees – and wounded more than 20 others in a seven-hour standoff with police that ended on Monday night, Afghan authorities said.
Tuesday, 25 December , 2018 -
US General: Troop Reduction in Afghanistan, Rumors
The U.S. commander of international forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he has not received orders for a troop withdrawal from the country.
Monday, 24 December , 2018 -
US Troops Withdrawal from Afghanistan welcomed by the Afghan FM
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and reiterated Pakistan’s desire for peace in the region.
Sunday, 23 December , 2018 -
Trump’s New Strategy, Thousands of US Troops to Leave Afghanistan
U.S. President Donald Trump will upend his own strategy to bring peace to Afghanistan and end America’s longest war if he proceeds with plans to withdraw about half of the 14,000 U.S. troops there, according to veteran diplomats and U.S. officials.
Saturday, 22 December , 2018 -
Team from Afghanistan to join Taliban Peace talks in Abu Dhabi
An Afghan peace negotiations team has arrived in Abu Dhabi, an official said Tuesday, a day after talks attended by US and Taliban representatives were held in the city aimed at ending the 17-year conflict.
Wednesday, 19 December , 2018 -
US Meets Taliban to Discuss the long-lost Peace in Afghanistan
U.S. and Taliban officials were set to meet in the United Arab Emirates Monday to discuss ending the long-running war in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, 18 December , 2018 -
Human Catastrophe still Runs in Afghanistan; 20 Killed Including Children in Airstrike
At least 20 Afghan civilians, including 12 children, were killed in an airstrike targeting a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Kunar, local officials said.
Monday, 17 December , 2018 -
Why US May Be Inclined To Protract Its Stay In Afghanistan – Analysis
While the Trump Administration has experimented with both offensive and reconciliatory gestures, violence perpetrated by the Taliban as well as ISIS continues stifling the process of political resolution and state-building exercises. This would prolong US presence in Afghanistan regardless of the Taliban’s demand that the foreign troops leave Afghanistan before any peace talks begin.
Monday, 17 December , 2018 -
Pakistan to Host US-Taliban Peace Talks, Yes to Trump’s Letter
Pakistan Imran Khan says US is scheduled to meet soon with the Afghan Taliban and Islamabad has facilitated the dialogue at Washington’s request as formerly President Trump asked in a letter seeking Islamabad’s support.
Sunday, 16 December , 2018 -
US Asks Pakistan FM To Visit Afghanistan Over Peace Process
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will visit Kabul on Dec 15 to hold talks with Afghan leadership on US request.
Sunday, 9 December , 2018 -
US Exit From Afghanistan May Repeat 911 Terrorism Attacks, Joseph Dunford
Earlier, Joseph Dunford admitted that the Taliban “are not losing” in Afghanistan, and that more efforts are needed to bring peace to the war-torn South Asian country.
Sunday, 9 December , 2018 -
Taliban has Turned Afghanistan into a Slaughterhouse, Killed 14 Soldiers,Took 21 Capitve
The Taliban fighters have killed at least 14 Afghan soldiers and taken another 21 captive overnight in coordinated attacks in the western Herat province of Afghanistan late on Thursday.
Saturday, 8 December , 2018 -
Trump Administration Attempts to make Peace deal in Afghanistan but Prospects Appear Dim
The Trump administration is pressing to open formal peace talks with insurgents in Afghanistan by April, a timetable driven by the president’s mounting impatience with the stalemated 17-year-old war.
Saturday, 8 December , 2018 -
US Marine Officer Warned Congress about Afghanistan War
The fight in Afghanistan is at a stalemate, and the significant number of Afghan troop deaths in the war is not sustainable, the Marine officer nominated to command U.S. forces in the Middle East told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 5 December , 2018 -
Trump Asks Imran Khan in a Letter to Help Ending Afghanistan
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Monday that US President Donald Trump has written a letter to prime minister Imran Khan seeking Islamabad’s support in securing a “negotiated settlement” to the war in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, 4 December , 2018 -
US Forces Retaliated, a Major Taliban commander killed in a strike in Afghanistan
One of the Taliban’s most senior commanders has been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan.
Monday, 3 December , 2018 -
Afghan President Calls for Ceasefire to End War with Taliban
The Afghan government has formed a 12-member team to hold peace talks with the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani announced in the Swiss city of Geneva on Wednesday.
Saturday, 1 December , 2018
