カテゴリー: Taliban
Explosion struck outside education centre in Shia neighbourhood in Afghan cityAt least 18 people have been killed and 57 wounded, including schoolchildren, in a suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in Kabul, the Afghan interior ministry said…
Others injured as thousands amass at Jalalabad grounds to apply for visas for PakistanAt least 11 women died in a crush at a football stadium in Afghanistan on Wednesday as thousands of people amassed to get visas to leave the country, officials said.A…
Shamsia Alizada, 18, first out of more than 170,000 studentsGovernment in talks with Taliban, which barred girls in schoolsThe daughter of an Afghan coalminer has come top in the country’s university entrance exam and is setting her sights on becoming …
Securing a ceasefire and safeguarding rights of women and minorities are key challengesThe Taliban and Afghan government negotiators launched historic peace talks on Saturday, aiming to end decades of war through a political settlement that would be un…
Negotiations to end the long civil war were agreed as part of a withdrawal deal signed by the USThe Afghan government and the Taliban will open peace talks on Saturday, trying to reach a power-sharing deal as American troops leave the country after nea…
We are tantalisingly close to eradicating the disease. Things may slip backwards because of science, thugs and exponents of ignorancePolio arrives, if it announces itself at all, as a high temperature. Or a sore throat. Maybe a headache, or an upset st…
Women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi, a member of the team negotiating a deal with the Taliban, was shot in the armA female member of Afghanistan’s peace negotiating team has been slightly wounded in an assassination attempt, officials say.Fawzia Koofi…
Kabul frees around 80 of last group of 400, removing last obstacle to negotiationsAfghan authorities have started to release a final batch of 400 Taliban prisoners, removing the last obstacle to talks between the government in Kabul and the insurgents….
With negotiations set to begin, women have been sharing their ‘red lines’ on the progress they refuse to see negotiatedFarahnaz Forotan was three when the Taliban had arrived in Kabul. It was 1996. “I have this memory of a snowy day, I was sitting on m…
The release was a condition for peace talks agreed by the US and the TalibanAfghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 “hardcore” Taliban prisoners, paving the way for peace talks aimed at ending almost two decades of war.Under election-year pressure …
Afghan troops seize prison in Jalalabad after assault left more than 50 people injuredAt least 29 people have died after Islamic State militants attacked a prison in eastern Afghanistan that is believed to be holding hundreds of Isis members.The attack…
Militants to halt fighting over Muslim holiday following deal to release 5000 combatantsAfghanistan’s stuttering peace process has received fresh impetus with the announcement of an Eid ceasefire, and a government pledge to complete the release of 5,00…
Teenager Qamar Gul and her younger brother fought a battle with an insurgent group who stormed their villageAn Afghan girl shot dead three Taliban fighters after they killed her parents because they supported the government, local officials have said.T…
Moscow accused of trying to give money to the Taliban as part of its campaign to destabilise America and its alliesThe Russian intelligence unit behind the attempted murder in Salisbury of the former double agent Sergei Skripal secretly offered to pay …
ICC president condemns US visa restrictions on officials in Afghan war investigation The president of the international criminal court has accused the US of acting unlawfully by threatening an economic and legal offensive against the institution follow…