This comes as 20 days have passed since the talks between the delegation representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban have stopped. President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that if the current opportunity for peace in Afghanistan turns out to be lost, and Afghanistan plunges toward an uncertain future, the consequences of such a scenario will cause severe […]

By Barnett R. Rubin, director of the Afghan Regional Program at NYU and former adviser to the US special representative for Afghanistan. A lot has changed in the three years that have passed since you published an Open Letter to the American People (on February 14, 2018) and I responded with my own to you (in the New Yorker, February […]

The clashes took place in the city of Tarin Kot, capital of the province, a source said.

Graham says he is very pleased with what the Biden administration is proposing for Afghanistan. Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham in an interview with CBS has said that the American troops will not leave Afghanistan in May, supporting the Biden administration’s stance on Afghanistan and its bid to review the US-Taliban agreement.

The Ministry of Interior Affairs in a statement said that it has completed its investigation into the incident. Maidan Wardak police chief Allah Dad Fedaee was suspended and referred to the Attorney General’s Office over the Behsud incident, in which 11 civilians were killed and 31 more were wounded, according to the Interior Ministry.

The first clashes took place in Aab Kamari district of the province after a group of Taliban attacked a security outpost. At least six security force members were killed and six others were wounded in two separate Taliban attacks in Badghis province on Sunday night, a local official said.

At least four people were killed and one other wounded in two separate incidents on Tuesday morning in Kabul city.

Officials from the Afghan Foreign Ministry confirmed a ministerial driver was killed early Tuesday morning when the armored Land Cruiser he was traveling in was targeted in an IED explosion.

US Central Command Chief Frank McKenzie indicated Monday that the Taliban would need to change course for Washington to withdraw all its troops by the May 1 deadline.

Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) said Tuesday the Taliban has brought the intra-Afghan negotiations to a standstill in Doha, Qatar. Addressing a meeting on the occasion of the inauguration of the HCNR’s Media and Public Awareness Commission, Abdullah stated that no negotiations have been held between the peace teams for about three weeks.