Taliban reject Afghan ceasefire, kidnap nearly 200 bus passengers

"Our leadership feels that they'll (US forces) prolong their stay in Afghanistan if we announced a ceasefire now," a senior ...

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Taliban hails 'helpful' US talks as boost to Afghan peace process

White House diplomacy efforts are proving successful, says member of militant group An Afghan army member stands guard following recent...

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Afghan Taliban's Ghazni attack turns Pakistan into useful US ally once more; India caught in uncomfortable situation

Ghazni is a historic and strategically important city in Afghanistan. It straddles the Kabul-Kandahar Highway, and is also close to the tr...

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Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai ‘invited’ Taliban to stop chaos

 In an Associated Press interview, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered some of the first insights into the secret and sudden depart...

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Afghan forces free 149 hostages taken by Taliban in ambush

The ambush came despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's announcement of a conditional cease-fire with the Taliban during the Muslim ho...

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Afghan forces rescue 149 people abducted by the Taliban

Afghan forces have rescued 149 people in northern Kunduz province who had been abducted by the Taliban just hours earlier. Maulvi Haiba...

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Taliban says no peace in Afghanistan untill foreign ‘occupation’ continues

In a message released in honour of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzadah said the group remains committed to "Islami...

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Top Afghan officials killed in Kandahar, US general unhurt

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the southern city of Kandahar that claimed the lives of the provincial governor, inte...

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Afghan forces kill militants after mortars hit Kabul

The militants' strikes hit an area around the presidential palace just as president Ashraf Ghani was delivering a speech marking the b...

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Two U.S. Service Members Killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz Province

Two U.S. service members were killed during a fierce battle with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan early Thursday — which local officials sai...

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Kabul Accuses Pakistan of Fresh Airstrikes — 10 Civilians Killed in Border Violence | Afghanistan–Pakistan Conflict 2025

Kabul accuses Pakistan of resuming airstrikes – 10 people killed Kabul Breaking News: Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of resuming airstrike...

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'Let us eat': Protesters in Kabul urge release of Afghanistan's frozen assets

International funding to Afghanistan has been suspended and billions of dollars of the country’s assets abroad were frozen after the Taliban...

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US military to cancel $300m in Pakistan aid over terror groups

The US military says it is cancelling $300m (£230m) in aid to Pakistan over what it calls Islamabad's failure to take action against m...

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Pentagon asks Pakistan to use influence over Taliban, stop cross border movement

Votel acknowledged that Pakistan has conducted operations in their country to root out terrorist organisations 'in certain areas'....

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Kabul suicide bomber kills 48 in tuition centre attack

Forty-eight people have been killed and 67 injured in a bomb explosion at an education centre in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, officia...

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Twin suicide blasts kill at least 20 inside Afghan Shiite mosque

KHOST: Twin suicide blasts struck a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Friday as it was crowded with worshippers for weekly prayers, ...

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Pak should 'neutralize' terror groups, says Donald Trump's pick for US defence secretary James Mattis

WASHINGTON: In a tough message to Pakistan, James Mattis, Donald Trump's pick for US defence secretary, has said that if confirmed, he ...

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Afghans defy deadly poll violence

Voters in Afghanistan have defied deadly attacks to cast ballots in large numbers in the nation's long-awaited parliamentary elections...

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US senator blames Pakistan's duplicity for NATO defeat in Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban Pakistan had received training, weapons and shelter in Pakistan throughout the two decades it spent fighting the US and N...

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Afghanistan: Fatal attack on German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif

A suicide bomber has rammed a truck into a German consulate in Afghanistan, killing at least four civilians and wounding 120, officials sai...

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