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Kabul: The Afghan government released 317 more Taliban prisoners from Parwan and other provinces, bringing the total number of prisoners released so far to 4,917, the National Security Council tweeted on Sunday. more
Afghanistan: Residents of Kunar allege Pakistan forces advanced towards Durand Line

Residents of Afghanistan's Kunar province have alleged that  Pakistani forces have advanced towards the Afghan part of the Durand Line.

Afghanistan traders are demanding demand clearance of transit cargo at Karachi ports

Islamabad: Afghanistan traders have said their transit cargo is lying at Karachi ports under severe demurrage and detention charges since the first week of March 2020  and they are n ...

Eid in Afghanistan: Taliban announces three-day ceasefire

Kabul: Marking the Eid celebrations, the Taliban on Saturday declared a three-day ceasefire with the Afghanistan government.

Pak-based Haqqani backs terror groups planning another 9/11 in West, claims ex-Afghan intel chief

Kabul: Former Afghan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil has alerted that Pakistan-based Haqqani Network is 'backing' proscribed terror groups that are planning to carry out an a ...

Pakistan wants Taliban to rule Afghanistan, says former Afghan President's brother

Geneva: The brother of a former Afghanistan President has said that Pakistan is backing the Taliban group to topple the elected government in his nation.

United States-Taliban deal: UN welcomes efforts to reach political settlement in Afghanistan

New York : On Saturday the United Nations called for further reductions in violence in Afghanistan, and for the conditions for intra-Afghan peace talks to be met, following the announceme ...

No commitment to release Taliban prisoners: Ashraf Ghani

Kabul: A day after the Taliban group and the US signed a peace deal, Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners.

Pompeo says US-Taliban deal to include timeline for troops withdrawal, intra-Afghan negotiations

Washington/Xinhua: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that a possible US-Taliban peace deal will include a timetable for conditions-based US troop withdrawals and the start ...

Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani tops preliminary election results

Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is all set to return for a second term as the top leader of the country as he is nearing to emerge victorious in the Presidential polls.