This round of talks was held between a high-powered delegation from the Afghan government and senior Taliban officials in the Qatari capital of Doha.
Abdullah Abdullah, chair of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, who oversees government peace negotiations with the Taliban, late on Sunday night said at a news conference that both agreed to expedite peace talks and reach a desired outcome.
Both sides...
The President, leading a high-ranking government delegation, on Monday travelled to western Herat province to assess security situation and meet local elders and influential figures in the province, Mohammad Amiri, deputy presidential spokesman, spoke with TKG.
He is set to meet with governor, former jihadi commander Mohammad Ismail, and representatives from across various strata in Zafar army corps—the army in the west, according to...
Both sides emphasized on talks and continuation of talks as the only way out to the country’s crisis, said Abdullah’s spokesman Faraidoon Khwazoon.
Speaking at the opening meeting of the peace talks between government officials and the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, chair of the High Council for National Reconciliation, who oversees the peace talks between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban, said that the Afghan...
Official data indicated that 1,759 tests were carried out in the same period.
Also, 49 people died of COVID-19 in the previous 24-hours period, bringing the nationwide deaths to 6,147.
Health ministry’s data showed that coronavirus that 649 patients got better in the 24-hours period.
Although COVID-19 infections is decreasing, officials ask residents to follow health measures....
It pushed the total number of those killed in Europe to 153.
Police in the German city of Koblenz said “90 people lost their lives during the disaster" in the Rhineland-Palatinate—one of the badly-affected region.
A further 43 people have died in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
As many as 20 others have been killed in Belgium.
Rescue workers continued to search flood-hit parts of western Germany for...
Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday, July 17, announced that it had concluded the installation contract, worth €112 million, of the radars with a French company known as Thales.
According to ACAA’s statement, the radars will be installed in 12 different parts of the country.
“[They] will enable the control of Afghanistan's airspace from zero point to 45,000 feet to have control and effective monitoring...
Unknown men in an attempt to steal the AAF’s pilot attacked him on Friday evening, but suffered casualties as the pilot opened fire.
According to Ahmad Zia Zia, Interior Ministry’s spokesman, two assailants were wounded in pilot’s shooting.
The pilot, named Nasrullah Koshan, was killed in exchange of fire with the armed men, the spokesman said.
Police has yet to hunt down the perpetrators, but interior...
Government forces last night, July 16, retook center of Sheikh Ali district from Taliban, said Fawad Aman, spokesman for Ministry of Defense.
The Taliban fighters suffered heavy casualties during clashes with Afghan forces, he said, without giving the number killed and wounded.
A number of Taliban’s weapons and ammunition were seized by government forces, he continued.
Officials from the armed group have yet to comment.
Sheikh Ali...
Abdullah Abdullah, chair of the High Council for National Reconciliation, who oversees government peace talks with the Taliban, on Friday met with the Islamic Republic’s negotiation team in the Qatari capital of Doha, said Abdullah’s office in a statement.
Peace talks and efforts were the meeting deliberations, according to the statement.
The Afghan officials also met with the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay...
Siddiqui, an Indian national, was in the district to cover war, said Mujib Khelwatgar, Director General of NAI media watchdog—an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan.
Initial reports showed that Siddiqui had gone to the battlefield in Spin Boldak without coordination with security forces, Mr. Khelwatgar said.
NAI’s chief called for investigations into his murder—how and by whom he was killed.
Mr. Khelwatgar has also urged...
