TEHRAN (IQNA) – Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday.
News ID: 3473389 Publish Date : 2020/12/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war.
News ID: 3473299 Publish Date : 2020/12/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 13 insurgents were killed in an airstrike by security forces on a Taliban gathering in the Ab Kamari district of the western Badghis province on Saturday, army spokesman in the province, captain Abdul Latif Sultan said.
News ID: 3473244 Publish Date : 2020/11/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least eight people were wounded when gunmen stormed Kabul University Monday during a book fair, firing shots and sending students fleeing, Afghan officials and witnesses said.
News ID: 3473011 Publish Date : 2020/11/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Holy Quran and Islamic Sharia should be the basis for the ongoing Afghan peace negotiations in Doha, said Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday while speaking at a ceremony on Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) birthday.
News ID: 3472974 Publish Date : 2020/10/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 25 Afghan security force personnel were killed in an ambush blamed on the Taliban, officials said Wednesday, as spiraling violence imperils ongoing peace talks.
News ID: 3472903 Publish Date : 2020/10/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide car bomber has targeted the convoy of a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight people, including four civilians, government officials have said.
News ID: 3472735 Publish Date : 2020/10/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 14 people were killed in a landmine blast in Afghanistan's central Daikundi province, officials confirmed Tuesday.
News ID: 3472676 Publish Date : 2020/09/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The head of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day visit to discuss the ongoing Afghan peace process with focus on rare direct talks between the Taliban and Kabul government.
News ID: 3472654 Publish Date : 2020/09/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations Saturday for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.
News ID: 3472533 Publish Date : 2020/09/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban is waiting for the Afghan government to release its remaining prisoners so that the two sides could start peace talks, Naem Wardak, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office said.
News ID: 3472504 Publish Date : 2020/09/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Taliban officials say a senior delegation returned early Saturday to Qatar, paving the way for the start of peace talks with the Afghan government that are expected to take place in the tiny Persian Gulf state.
News ID: 3472469 Publish Date : 2020/09/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan president, following a recommendation by a traditional Afghan council, pledged on Sunday to release the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners to pave the way for peace talks aimed at ending the nearly two-decade-long war.
News ID: 3472225 Publish Date : 2020/08/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan government urged the Taliban Sunday to extend a rare ceasefire hours before it was due to end, as a contentious prisoner swap between the two warring sides edged closer to completion.
News ID: 3472175 Publish Date : 2020/08/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Taliban suicide car bomber struck Monday in northern Afghanistan, setting off a gunbattle between insurgents and government forces that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, officials said.
News ID: 3471993 Publish Date : 2020/07/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan forces stormed militants' hideouts in Khogiani district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday killing 20 militants including Taliban local commander Sangarmal on the spot, Defense Ministry said in a statement released here Wednesday.
News ID: 3471939 Publish Date : 2020/07/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide car bomber targeted an Afghan police convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, killing four officers, including a police commander, a local official said.
News ID: 3471926 Publish Date : 2020/07/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghanistan's government and the Taliban have agreed that Doha will be the venue for the first meeting in their peace talks, both sides said on Sunday.
News ID: 3471703 Publish Date : 2020/06/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Two separate attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 18 people amid a wave of violence across the country, local Afghan officials said Saturday.
News ID: 3471677 Publish Date : 2020/06/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban issued a warning to the orchestrators of recent deadly bombings which specifically targeted mosques, including a bombing which targeted a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Friday.
News ID: 3471671 Publish Date : 2020/06/13
