The US-Taliban deal signed in Qatar on February 29 calls for the release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners to open the way for intra-Afghan negotiations.
June 12, 2020Over the past years, the capital city has been hit by a series of terror attacks by the Taliban insurgents and militants of the Islamic State
June 3, 2020Pompeo and Ghani agreed to work on the details of the peace process in the coming days, with the Afghan government in particular emphasizing the undeclared ceasefire mechanism that sets out the rules of the game, he added.
June 2, 2020The agreement called for the Taliban to release 1,000 detained Afghan security force members.
May 30, 2020"Today it is the time that the enemies of Afghanistan see the power of the special operation forces and commandos of Afghanistan," warned the Afghan president.
May 16, 2020The government said that it was "open" to continue technical talks with the Taliban "to advance the peace process" to end the 19-year long deadly conflict in the country.
April 10, 2020The prisoner exchange deal would serve as a precursor to the commencement of intra-Afghan talks to usher in peace in the country after nearly 20 years.
April 9, 2020The agreement, signed by Khalilzad and a senior Taliban official on February 29 in Doha, established a framework for bringing to an end America’s longest war, begun after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
March 26, 2020The deal would contribute to bringing stability back to Afghanistan and promote regional and international security.
March 17, 2020It noted that the country was at a critical moment in a peace process with the start of a period of reduced violence with the Taliban.
February 23, 2020The US wants to reduce its military presence in Afghanistan, which currently numbers between 12,000 and 13,000, with President Donald Trump keen to make good on a promise to bring troops home after 18 years of war.
February 16, 2020On December 22, 2019, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the preliminary results of the elections.
February 8, 2020The remaining 11 candidates had far fewer votes, with the fourth-place candidate winning less than 2 per cent.
December 22, 2019It also comes at a dangerous time, with the Taliban insurgency still raging and most NATO-led forces preparing to leave the country by the end of the year.
November 29, 2019"The Taliban wants to make a deal," Trump told troops at the Bagram Air Base, where he also met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
November 29, 2019On Thursday, Trump spoke to President Ghani over the phone in the United Arab Emirates where Ghani was on his official visit.
November 22, 2019The development emerged after the US envoy negotiating with the Taliban, Zalmay Khalilzad, briefed Afghan officials in Kabul on an agreement "in principle" the two sides had reached following nine rounds of talks in Qatar.
September 7, 2019