TEHRAN (IQNA) – A top Afghan official appointed to lead the much-awaited peace talks with the Taliban said Saturday his team was ready to start "at any moment" with the group.
News ID: 3471549 Publish Date : 2020/05/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan authorities plan to release 900 more Taliban prisoners Tuesday, as calls grew to for the militants to extend a ceasefire on its third and final day.
News ID: 3471516 Publish Date : 2020/05/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate reduction of violence in Afghanistan, warning that civilian casualties are on the increase.
News ID: 3471479 Publish Date : 2020/05/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, his rival in a disputed presidential election, are close to completing a power-sharing deal to end a political stalemate that has hampered progress towards peace, three people familiar with the matter said.
News ID: 3471452 Publish Date : 2020/05/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban Monday claimed responsibility for a truck bomb in southern Helmand province that killed at least five Afghan security force members, an Afghan official said, adding to weeks of rising violence in the country.
News ID: 3471351 Publish Date : 2020/05/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber on Wednesday targeted a base belonging to Afghan special forces on the southern outskirts of the capital, Kabul, killing at least three civilians and wounding 15, officials said.
News ID: 3471309 Publish Date : 2020/04/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – While mosques and other places of worship around the world have been closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the Grand Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, continues to host mass prayers.
News ID: 3471299 Publish Date : 2020/04/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 20 officials working at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's palace have tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the 70-year-old leader to limit most of his contact with staff to digital communication, government sources said Saturday.
News ID: 3471180 Publish Date : 2020/04/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban will release 20 Afghan government prisoners it was holding, a spokesman of the group said Sunday, the first handover since the beginning of a peace process.
News ID: 3471114 Publish Date : 2020/04/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban met with the head of US forces in Afghanistan to call for an end to an increase in American attacks since a peace deal signed in February.
News ID: 3471103 Publish Date : 2020/04/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan government plans to release 100 Taliban prisoners, a report said.
News ID: 3471083 Publish Date : 2020/04/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban broke off talks over a prisoner exchange with the Afghan government Tuesday.
News ID: 3471062 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Much needed aid kept Afghanistan’s fragile health system afloat in the wake of the crippling coronavirus pandemic amid raging insurgency and lingering political tensions.
News ID: 3471036 Publish Date : 2020/04/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan government will release 100 Taliban prisoners from jails on Thursday, said a senior security official, adding that in exchange the Taliban will release 20 Afghan security members.
News ID: 3471016 Publish Date : 2020/04/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said.
News ID: 3470985 Publish Date : 2020/03/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree promising to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners.
News ID: 3470888 Publish Date : 2020/03/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban have handed over a list of 5,000 prisoners to the United States, a spokesperson for the group’s Qatar Office, Suhail Shaheen, said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3470885 Publish Date : 2020/03/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks targeting Afghanistan’s presidential inauguration.
News ID: 3470870 Publish Date : 2020/03/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has taken oath for a second term but his main rival Abdullah Abdullah has refused to recognize the inauguration, holding his own swearing-in ceremony, landing the country in a new political crisis.
News ID: 3470868 Publish Date : 2020/03/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) –Afghan President-elect Ashraf Ghani on Monday delayed his planned inauguration ceremony until the afternoon, as his rival Abdullah Abdullah also postponed a scheduled competing swearing-in ceremony.
News ID: 3470861 Publish Date : 2020/03/09
