Findings by a parliamentary committee indicate that the newly appointed chief of army staff for Afghanistan, Gen. Wali Ahmadzai, has been focusing on rivalries with corps commanders instead of managing the fight against the Taliban. The army general was appointed to the post a month ago, replacing former chief of army staff Gen. Yasin Zia, as the Taliban was taking […]

Taliban’s offensive on the city of Herat was criticized by some lawmakers and analysts as a clear violation of their commitments to the Doha agreement, saying it has displaced hundreds of families and has created panic in the western city. Under the US-Taliban agreement signed last year in Doha, the Taliban pledged to avoid attacks on major cities. “Taliban had […]

Afghan soldiers will receive training from NATO in Turkey, in the first such training program of its kind outside Afghanistan. The location of the program for Afghan special forces, to begin after NATO officially finishes its mission in the country, has not been disclosed. The move is expected to be the prelude to regular training programs outside Afghanistan for the […]

The United States said on Wednesday it was deeply troubled by reports of escalating attacks on civilians as the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan and Washington pulls out its last remaining troops and ends its longest war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to India, said the only path to peace in Afghanistan was through negotiations, which all parties […]

Russia has deployed Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets from its base in Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for joint military drills near Afghanistan, RIA news agency stated. The drills, which are set to take place on August 5 to 10 and involve Uzbek and Tajik forces, comes amid a deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan. This comes after Russia deployed military tanks earlier this […]

The State Ministry for Peace Affairs said on Thursday that 5,587 civilians and 24,609 Taliban have been killed or wounded since the start of the current solar year (in the past four months) across the country. Based on the new figures, more than 2,500 civilians were killed in clashes between Taliban and ANDSF. The ministry said the Taliban had carried […]

Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, said in a meeting with his Tajik counterpart on Thursday that Afghanistan’s security situation is deteriorating following the hasty withdrawal of US troops. He also said Daesh has expanded their activities in northern Afghanistan. Shoygu said that going forward Moscow will train Tajik forces to prevent any infiltration of the terrorist organization from Afghanistan. “The […]

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan’s Taliban in Tianjin, Xinhua reported. The Afghan Taliban, as a critical military and political force in the country, is expected to play an important role in the peace, reconciliation and reconstruction process of Afghanistan, Wang said. He called on the […]

USA has been launching airstrikes across Afghanistan as part of an effort to support Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in their offensives against the Taliban. The southern Kandahar and northern Kunduz provinces have been the focus of the military campaigns. Even as Taliban is being held up in its quest to take over the country, Turkey has been […]

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen at a gathering in South Waziristan on Tuesday called for peace and an end to the “proxy war” in Afghanistan. “Let the Afghans decide their future by themselves through talking and voting,” Pashteen said. “PTM’s strong stance against the war in Afghanistan is because not only has it destroyed Afghanistan but also Pakhtunkhwa […]