KABUL (PAN): The Taliban on Tuesday opened their political office in Qatar “in a bid to start a dialogue with the world" as US officials said they hoped to meet the insurgents within days.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): The police chief of southern Kandahar province on Monday rejected as false a Taliban allegation that their 32 prisoners had been tortured to death in district jails.
KABUL (PAN): The United Nations on Tuesday announced an increase in civilian casualties in Afghanistan, indicating its plan to hold talk with the Taliban on the issue.
HERAT CITY (PAN): The Taliban publicly hanged a fugitive in the kidnap-murder case of a nine-year-old boy, the son of an industrialist, in western Herat province, an official confirmed on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Twenty-seven Taliban were killed and 25 others detained during a string of operations by Afghan forces in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interio
KABUL (PAN): Afghan and coalition forces have killed a dozen insurgents and detained eight suspects in eastern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the US military said on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): Eleven Taliban militants were killed and as many wounded in a string of security operations in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Rumours about the deployment of Indian troops to eastern provinces were being spread among seminary students in Pakistan to provoke them into suicide attacks inside Afghanistan, an official claimed on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): The Taliban on Monday confirmed a delegation of their senior leaders paid two visits to Tehran at the invitation of the Iranian government.
