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KABUL – Afghanistan will release two senior Taliban commanders and a leader of the Haqqani militant group in exchange for an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped in 2016, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday. According to Reuters report, the government’s decision to free Anas Haqqani and …

KABUL – Wahid Omar, President Ashraf Ghani’s senior advisor for public and strategic affairs, on Thursday said that the Afghan government wants to gauge the Taliban’s will for the peace process, and “this could be seen in a ceasefire.” Tolo News reported. According to Tolo News report, Wahid Omar also …

KABUL – Afghan government has finalized list of participants for dialogue with the Taliban, which China expects to host in Beijing, an official said Thursday. “Afghan government will attend Beijing conference, a list (of participants) has been finalized,” said Waheed Omar, the president’s senior adviser for strategic affairs. Omar said …

KABUL – Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) said Wednesday that 30 percent of the Mobile phone services have been suspended across Afghanistan because of the Taliban Threat. In most parts of the country, these telecommunications networks have stopped working after receiving warning messages from Taliban. According to ATRA, in most …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Tuesday it will have fenced off its traditionally porous border with Afghanistan by the end of next year, leading to an improved security situation in the region, Voice of America (VOA) reported Wednesday. According to VOA report, the military-led massive construction program, launched in mid-2017, is …

KABUL – Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during an Exclusive interview with AFP called President Ghani’s 7-Point Peace Plan an “unrealistic wish list”. Abdullah Abdullah said: “To be honest, nobody has taken the so-called seven-points plan as a plan… it’s rather a Wish list.” AFP reported that Ghani’s proposal has been …

KABUL – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have discussed a planned meeting in Beijing that would include Afghan figures and Taliban representatives, Associated Press reported. That meeting – known as “Intra-Afghan Dialogue” – was to take place last month but had been postponed. The last …

PUL-E-KHUMRI – An airstrike killed at least 13 Taliban militants in Pul-e Khumri, the provincial capital of Baghlan province, the military officials said in a statement. “The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted the airstrike in the past 24 hours as part of the ongoing offensive to suppress the Taliban …

KABUL – The Afghan Special Forces killed 8 Taliban militants during the operations in Daikundi and Paktiya provinces, the military officials said. The officials further added that the Special Forces also arrested 5 Taliban militants during the same operations. The Special Forces killed 7 militants during the operation in Gizab …

KABUL – Afghan government said on Tuesday that the Taliban should declare one-month ceasefire before the start of peace negotiations. In a press conference, National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said that with the ceasefire, the Taliban is expected prove that they have control over their battlefield commanders. He said that …