KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistani Prime Minister would visit Qatar ahead of the US- Taliban deal expected to be signed in Doha, the country’s capital on February 29. The deal would be signed at the end of a seven-day Reduction in Violence (RiV) period...

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Violating the just started weeklong temporary truce, Taliban militants waged attacks on Afghan forces at two separate locations in southern Kandahar province, officials said Sunday. Local officials said the first attack from...

MEHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A dozen Taliban militants and two women have been killed during an air and ground offensive by the afghan army in Nijrab district of Kapisa province, an official said on Friday. Kapisa police spokesman Abdul Shaiq Shorish...

KABUL (Pajhwok): US and Taliban negotiators in Qatar will discuss a date to mark the start of reduction in violence in Afghanistan today (Wednesday), a credible source said. This comes as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported “notable progress...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): The Taliban have dug huge ditches at several points on the Maimana-Andkhoi Road to create hurdles for security forces convoys, said drivers and an official on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Abdul Karim Yourish told Pajhwok Afghan...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US, having exhausted all its military options in Afghanistan , is left with little choice but to continue peace talks with the Taliban , says a senior Pakistani diplomat. The Pakistan ambassador to the US told The Washington...

شهرهرات (پژواک، ١٤ دلو ٩٨): مسئولان حکومتى هرات مى گويند که طالبان، یک عالم دین را در اين ولايت تیرباران کرده اند.

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Taliban have yet to allow medical supply to health centres in southeastern Paktia province, officials said on Thursday. Dr. Fazal Mohammad Mangal, head of the contracting firm, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had not received...

SHEBRGHAN (Pajhwok): Local officials on Monday said a key Taliban commander and his bodyguard were killed while four others wounded during an attack of Afghan forces in southwestern Jawzjan province. On the other hand, Taliban say the people killed...