Afghan Taliban name Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader
Taliban have appointed Haibatullah Akhunzada as their new leader, officially confirming that their former chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone…
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What Mullah Mansour’s death mean to Afghanistan, Taliban?
Alwaght- The US and Afghanistan officials’ claims of death of the leader of Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour have been confirmed by a…
Jaberi Ansari rejects reports on presence of Taliban leader in Iran
Tehran, May 23, IRNA – Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Hossein Jaberi Ansari rejected claims made by certain Arab media that Taliban…
Taliban official: Group leader killed in drone strike
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior commander with the Afghan Taliban says the militant group’s leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed…
Afghanistan’s President finally comes clean on Taliban, Islamabad
Alwaght- The National Security Council of Afghanistan, chaired by the country’s President Ashraf Mohammed Ghani, has recently launched a five-year strategy, aiming…
Kabul attack death toll more than doubles to 64
Kabul (AFP) – The death toll from a lethal Taliban attack in Kabul has more than doubled to 64, officials said Wednesday,…
Taliban claims rockets attacks in Kabul just missed Kerry
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Taliban claimed US Secretary of State John Kerry was the target of four rocket attacks that shook Kabul on…
Afghan army releases 14 children from Taliban’s custody
KABUL: (MEP) The Afghan intelligence officers following a military operation in the Gereshk district of Helmand province, released at least 14 children…
Introducing 6+1 peace formula for Afghanistan
Alwaght- The four-party meeting of Afghanistan peace has been held by the presence of representatives of the US, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan…
ISIL possible profiting of Taliban conflict ‘worrying’: Zarif
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – Iranian FM Zarif says new destabilizing factors in Afghanistan such as ISIL terrorist group, divisions within Taliban…
Three implications of Mullah Mansoor’s death for Taliban, Afghanistan
Alwaght- A faction of Taliban led by Mullah Mohammed Abdul Rasul that a month ago appointed Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, the brother…
Origin of differences between ISIS and Taliban
Alwaght- While the Afghan Taliban and ISIS are often classified as jihadist groups, the ideology of these two groups are different and…
Power play in Afghanistan; International competition intensifies?
Alwaght-While Afghanistan is about to become a stage for deadly and serious confrontation between the world powers, some news sources reported that…
Internal rifts split Afghanistan’s Taliban
Alwaght- Signs of division have emerged among the Afghanistan’s Taliban militant group after its leader Mullah Omar died, and Mullah Akhtar succeeded…
Afghans disappointed with new coalitions, divisions
Alwaght- In mid-September 2015, the old scenario of “discord and unity” between the Afghan political groups and parties has been escalated once…
Huge blast occurs near Russian embassy in Kabul
Taliban militants have carried out a car bomb attack near the Russian embassy and Afghan parliament in the capital, Kabul, Press TV reports.…
Civil war likely in Tajikistan; part two
Alwaght- The existence of potentials for insecurity in Tajikistan provides the extremist groups like ISIS and Taliban with a biggest opportunity to…
Taliban gunmen kill 17 in attack on Pakistan air force base
Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani Air Force base early on Friday, killing at least 17 people, a military spokesman said, the deadliest…
Taliban changing military strategy in Afghanistan
Alwaght- Due to the intervention of foreign forces in Afghanistan, this country has for long been suffering from increasing violence. Over the…
Door open for peace talks with Taliban: Kabul
The Afghan government says it will keep the door open for peace negotiations with Taliban militants and other groups amid reports of…
Taliban has no place in Iran security strategy: Envoy
Kabul, July 31, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Kabul has firmly denied claims that Tehran is cooperating with Taliban to connect them…
Afghan government investigating reports Mullah Omar is dead: spokesman
The Afghan government is investigating reports that Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, is dead, a spokesman for the president’s office…
Iran dismisses media reports on talks with Taliban
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian foreign ministry categorically rejected any ties or talks between Tehran and Afghanistan’s Taliban. “We condemn the terrorist groups,…
Envoy categorically dismisses Iran’s relations with Taliban
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Mohammad Reza Bahrami categorically rejected any ties between Tehran and the extremist Taliban group. “Iran and…
Can Iran live with the Taliban in its backyard?
Iran has concluded that living with the Taliban, which is to become part of the Afghan political structure, would better serve its…
FM spokeswoman unaware of visit by Taliban delegation
An investigation should be launched as to who released the news on a trip by a Taliban team to Iran and what…
Taliban delegation in Iran for talks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A political delegation of Afghanistan’s Taliban has paid a visit to Tehran to hold talks with Iranian security officials…
Iran will do what it can to help stop this extremist group
Sir, All Iranians, and indeed most of our friends in the west, are concerned by the emergence of Isis. Like both the…
Pakistan says no talks withTaliban unless Afghanistan takes initiative
Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam stated that there will be no reconciliation talks involving Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Taliban movement unless…
Pakistan executes two more men over terrorism
Pakistan has executed two more men over terrorism, bringing the number of executions to nine since the country lifted a moratorium on…
5 killed, 9 injured in Taliban attack in northern Afghanistan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Five militants were killed and nine others injured as a 200-strong group of militants intending to surrender to the…
Pakistan set to execute 500 convicted terrorists in coming weeks
Pakistan plans to execute as many as 500 people who have been convicted of terrorism in the coming weeks, following a recent…
Pakistan warns of more terrorist attacks
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has warned against more terrorist attacks by suspected Taliban militants across the militancy-riddled country. Khan…
Pakistan hangs 2 Taliban militants after school massacre
TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan executed two prominent Taliban militants in a clear response to the massacre of more than 130 children at a…
Foreign presence pretext for Afghanistan attacks: Iran
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations says the presence of tens of thousands of foreign boots on the Afghan soil serves…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 17
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has…
Rouhani offers condolences to Pakistani premier on terrorist attack
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered condolences to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the recent terrorist attack in the country…
Pakistan PM announces 3-day national mourning
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Describing Peshawar school attack as national tragedy, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced three-day mourning across Pakistan. According to Samaa…
Iran strongly condemns Peshawar terrorist attack
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman on Tuesday condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on a school in the…
84 children killed in Taliban attack on Pakistani military school, minister says
The gunmen took hundreds of students and teachers hostage in the Peshawar school and started shooting at random. A Pakistani minister says…