In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mujahid said that the Afghan government does not have authority over the release of the Taliban prisoners and the United States should act in that regard.

Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said in an exclusive interview with Mehr that today’s US-Taliban talks in Qatar will focus on the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and safety of other countries from terrorist attacks from Afghan territory. Speaking to Mehr News correspondent ahead of US-Taliban peace talks in Doha on Monday, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah […]

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour has said that Iran held talks with Taliban for security of its borders with Afghanistan. In an interview with ILNA published on Saturday, he said that Iran’s talks with Taliban have been in line with protecting security of borders and helping peace process in Afghanistan. He said Kabul has […]

Much to the chagrin of mandarins in Washington, Taliban have called off ‘peace talks’ with the U.S. officials in Qatar this week due to an “agenda disagreement”. This month’s talks, the fourth in a series of talks between the two sides in recent months, aimed was scheduled between Taliban leaders and U.S. special envoy Zalmay […]

 Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, a top military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has said Iran can help the Taliban and the Afghan government reach a common understanding for stabilizing Afghanistan. In an interview with IRNA published on Wednesday, Firouzabadi said security in Afghanistan is very important for Iran. “Iran holds talks with […]

Much to the chagrin of mandarins in Washington, Taliban have called off ‘peace talks’ with the U.S. officials in Qatar this week due to an “agenda disagreement”. This month’s talks, the fourth in a series of talks between the two sides in recent months, aimed was scheduled between Taliban leaders and U.S. special envoy Zalmay […]

 Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that Iran-Taliban talks is quite beneficial to Afghanistan. “Iran is in contact with the Taliban which is definitely beneficial to Afghanistan,” he told ISNA in an interview published on Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry announced that Iranian diplomats held a meeting with a Taliban delegation in Tehran on December […]

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has confirmed that a senior delegation has arrived in Tehran on Monday to negotiate with the Iranian officials. That came just days after Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, visited Kabul and told reporters that talks had been held with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The meeting signals Iran’s role as a regional mediator […]

In a spate of terrorist attacks across war-torn Afghanistan in past few days, more than 30 people have been killed, according to reports. The wave of violence has swept across Kabul, Kunduz, and Kandahar provinces, Afghan officials said, as Taliban scales up its deadly operations across the country. At least four security personnel and eight […]

In a candid admission of U.S. defeat in Afghanistan after 18 years of war that began in 2001, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Taliban “are not losing” in the war-torn country. Dunford is among the growing number of U.S. officials to admit that there was no “military […]