TEHRAN (IQNA) – The government of Afghanistan has made no commitment to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners as stated in a pact signed between the United States and Taliban militants, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday.
News ID: 3470791 Publish Date : 2020/03/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United States signed a deal with the Taliban on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war there.
News ID: 3470785 Publish Date : 2020/02/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Taliban fighters attacked Afghan government forces overnight, and militant commanders said on Monday insurgency operations would go-ahead until they receive fresh instructions based on a deal with the United States to reduce violence in the country.
News ID: 3470665 Publish Date : 2020/02/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A US- Taliban peace deal could be signed this month if the Taliban significantly reduces violence, which could lead to an eventual withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, two Afghan government sources and a Western diplomat said on Wednesday.
News ID: 3470621 Publish Date : 2020/02/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – As many as 400 Taliban fighters have surrendered to Afghan security forces in the central and western parts of the country, the country’s defense ministry said.
News ID: 3470534 Publish Date : 2020/02/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan forces used ground attacks and air strikes in multiple operations against the Taliban during the last 24 hours, killing 51 fighters in an escalation that signaled renewed deadlock in peace talks, Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said.
News ID: 3470452 Publish Date : 2020/01/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The US- Taliban peace talks are likely to conclude with a withdrawal agreement in which the Taliban will make few concessions while the US makes some hard, non-revocable choices, an American political science scholar said.
News ID: 3470243 Publish Date : 2020/01/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Source close to the Taliban said the group’s leaders have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in order to sign a peace deal with the US.
News ID: 3470202 Publish Date : 2019/12/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Eight militants were killed and nine others wounded after Afghan army's war planes pounded Taliban positions in two provinces, the military said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3470174 Publish Date : 2019/12/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Washington resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar on Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted diplomatic efforts that could end America's longest war.
News ID: 3470048 Publish Date : 2019/12/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Taliban attack on security forces in Kajran district in Afghanistan’s central province of Daikundi killed at least 9 individuals killed.
News ID: 3469948 Publish Date : 2019/11/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Two United States service members were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US military said in a statement.
News ID: 3469920 Publish Date : 2019/11/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nine Afghan children were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded as they walked to school, police said, the latest victims in a growing toll of civilian casualties in the war.
News ID: 3469786 Publish Date : 2019/11/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban stormed a checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 15 policemen in the latest attack by insurgents, an Afghan provincial official said Tuesday.
News ID: 3469719 Publish Date : 2019/10/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Despite pulling off a safer presidential election than expected, Afghanistan looks headed for a prolonged period of political uncertainty, with the two front-runners claiming victory before ballots are tallied and signaling they would not accept defeat.
News ID: 3469601 Publish Date : 2019/10/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The tenacious spate of bloody violence in Afghanistan claimed more than 3,000 lives on all sides in the past two months amid escalating fighting that surrounded September's landmark presidential polls in the country.
News ID: 3469575 Publish Date : 2019/10/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghans braved the threat of militant attacks and delays at polling booths to vote in a presidential election on Saturday, a major test of the Afghan government’s ability to protect democracy despite Taliban attempts to derail the polls.
News ID: 3469515 Publish Date : 2019/09/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 31, officials said.
News ID: 3469428 Publish Date : 2019/09/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban on Sunday revoked their ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan and gave a guarantee of security for its staff doing humanitarian work in areas under their control.
News ID: 3469401 Publish Date : 2019/09/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Taliban attack on a housing complex used by international organizations in the Afghan capital, Kabul, late on Monday killed at least 16 people and angered local residents who demanded the heavily fortified compound be moved.
News ID: 3469319 Publish Date : 2019/09/03
