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Taliban claims responsibility for deadly attack on Afghan defense minister’s residence

The minister’s residence was struck while an important meeting was underway inside, the group said in a statement released by…

3 years ago

Several rockets hit Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport amid ongoing Taliban assault

At least three rockets were launched towards Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport on Sunday, with two of the projectiles hitting…

3 years ago

A new Great Game is afoot in Afghanistan, as China hosts the Taliban and eyes a key role in the country’s future

China this week took the highly unusual step of hosting a delegation from the Taliban in Beijing for talks, as…

3 years ago

US vows to continue airstrikes in Afghanistan, as general insists ‘Taliban victory is not inevitable’

“The Taliban are attempting to create a sense of inevitability about their campaign. They are wrong,” General Kenneth McKenzie told…

3 years ago

The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan is simply America’s chickens coming home to roost

The Taliban and the Afghan government are negotiating a power-sharing agreement, but making little progress. In negotiations, the government has…

3 years ago

‘Baseless’: Kabul refutes Taliban’s claims that militant group controls 90% of Afghan border

Fawad Aman slammed these claims on Friday, claiming on Twitter that “the Taliban’s claim to control Afghanistan’s borders is a…

3 years ago

Risk of Afghan instability ‘overflowing’ across region, Russian FM says, as Taliban insurgents gain ground following US withdrawal

Addressing a regional security conference on Friday, Moscow's top diplomat said that "the uncertainty of the development of the military-political…

3 years ago

Sanctions against Taliban could be lifted as part of Afghan peace process, top Russian diplomat tells RT in wake of US withdrawal

On Monday, one of the Islamist faction’s top political envoys said it had used a meeting with Russian counterparts to…

3 years ago

Taliban claim key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan as insurgent group nets new territories

Taliban forces captured Wesh, a town in the southern Afghan province, on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the militant…

3 years ago

As Taliban runs riot in Afghanistan, new commander of withdrawing US & NATO troops vows to support ‘abandoned’ Afghan forces

US Army General Austin ‘Scott’ Miller officially handed off his role as commander in a ceremony on Monday in Kabul,…

3 years ago