Page 51 - Latest Updates on Taliban

Taliban unleash new wave of attacks in northern Afghanistan, kill 26

The Taliban have intensified their attacks in northern Afghanistan in recent days.

Taliban attack kills 10 members of Afghan armed forces, four injured

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack

Taliban claims responsibility for killing US soldier in Afghanistan

The US military earlier confirmed the death of one of its troops.

Insider attack kills nine Afghan militia, Taliban claims responsibility

The Taliban now control or hold sway over half the country

Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban leaders after Kabul attack

The US has insisted that no deal would be final until the Taliban reached an accord with Ghani, direct talks that the Taliban long refused to undertake

Afghan peace deal: Taliban agreement dead and talks over, says Donald Trump

Driving another nail into the coffin of what had appeared to be nearly completed negotiations, Trump said that a US military onslaught on the guerrillas was now at its fiercest in a decade

US, Taliban resume talks to bring peace forcing ceasefire, troops to stay

The president said the US had made tremendous progress over the past six months and had been drawing down its troops at the same time.

Afghanistan: 12 Taliban terrorists killed, 16 villages liberated in Baghlan

More than 24 terrorists, including Taliban senior commander Qari Bakhtyar, were wounded in the operation.

Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time in Pakistan since 'dead' deal

US officials however have been keen to say there is no resumption of peace talks, at least not now in Islamabad

Suicide bombing kills 20 in Afghanistan; Taliban takes responsibility

The provincial governor's spokesman Gul Islam Seyal put the death toll at 12 but said authorities were on the scene sifting through the debris

How Trump's plan to secretly meet with Taliban came together, and failed

The deal called for a gradual withdrawal of the remaining 14,000 American troops over 16 months, with about 5,000 of them leaving within 135 days

Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban leaders after Kabul attack

Kabul has been gripped by a surge in deadly violence even after the US and the insurgents reached an agreement that US would pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan.

Pentagon chief says US working towards 'good deal' with Taliban

According to the agreement, a full peace agreement to end more than 18 years of war would depend on subsequent "intra Afghan" talks

63 killed, 182 wounded in Kabul wedding blast; Taliban denies involvement

Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi provided the toll, which is the highest in Kabul in recent months

5,000 US troops to leave Afghanistan as part of deal with Taliban: Report

Such an agreement has been an effort of Special US Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad

Why many children in Afghanistan can no longer afford to attend school

A UN report released last year said that more than 2 million Afghan children aged 6-14 were engaged in some form of child labor

Taliban bombers target district centre in Afghanistan, at least 19 killed

The militants rammed four armoured vehicles packed with explosives into a government compound in Maruf district late Saturday, a police spokesman in southern Kandahar province said

Afghan forces seize control over Taliban influenced district

US offers safety, job security for Taliban over Afghanistan peace process

Over the past 16 months, the US and its partners have used military force to drive the Taliban towards "a durable and inclusive political settlement"

Pakistan continues to use Taliban as a hedge against India: US commander

Despite Pakistan's positive rhetoric in support of the South Asia Strategy, violent extremist organisations operate along its border with Afghanistan