Afghan Taliban Announces Ban On Street Begging In Kabul
In a surprising move, the Supreme Leader of the Taliban-run caretaker government has announced an immediate ban on beggars from…
Afghan Women Protest At Kabul, Demand Education And Jobs
No fewer than two dozen Afghan women hit the streets yesterday chanting ‘bread, work, freedom’ as they protested in the…
Taliban Commands Afghan Women To Cover Their Faces In Public
The supreme leader of Afghanistan has ordered women in the country to cover their faces in public – one of…
100 Afghan Security Officials Arrested After Taliban Attack
At least 100 security officials in Afghanistan have been arrested over alleged negligence of their duties after the Taliban attacked…
Taliban And Afghanistan Government Negotiators Meet In Qatar
Negotiators from the Taliban and Afghanistan’s government yesterday met in Qatar, according to the warring sides, after a long pause…
Afghan Ceasefire Holds As Hundreds Of Taliban Prisoners Freed
A rare ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan government appeared to hold for the third and final day on Sunday,…
Afghan Reporter Killed As Govt Says Ready For Taliban Dialogue
A roadside bomb killed a television journalist in Kabul on Saturday, soon after a top Afghan official appointed to lead…
Afghan Taliban Announce Three-Day Eid Ceasefire
The Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday starting Sunday in a surprise move following months of…
Taliban Set To Release 20 Prisoners: Insurgent Spokesman
The Taliban on Sunday said it was set to release 20 prisoners in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, in…
Taliban To End Talks With Afghan Govt Over Prisoner Swap
The Taliban have broken off talks with the Afghan government on a prisoner exchange, a main step in peace talks…
Kabul, Taliban In First Prisoner Exchange Talks – Envoy
The Afghan government and the Taliban on Sunday held their first discussion on arranging prisoner exchanges, a key step in…
US Begins Military Pullout From Two Afghan Bases
American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said Tuesday, the day peace talks…