Afghan governor defects to Taliban

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 12:47

An Afghan district governor has defected to the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.

Top Afghan official defects to Taliban

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 17:27

A former Afghan lawmaker and district governor has defected to the Taliban in the northern province of Sar-e-Pol, officials said on Thursaday.

Afghan election race kicks off as nominations open

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:59

Candidate nominations were set to open on Monday for Afghanistan`s presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.

Taliban leaders freed by Pakistan haven`t reached homes

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 16:40

None of the seven Afghan Taliban prisoners freed by Pakistan recently to boost the reconciliation process in war-torn Afghanistan have reached their homes yet, a media report said.

Pakistan to set free Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 19:34

A day after Pakistan said that it is considering to transfer Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to either Saudi Arabia or Turkey, reports are coming that the Taliban leader will soon be a free man.

Pakistan frees 7 more Afghan Taliban commanders

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 11:42

Seven Afghan Taliban leaders, including Mansoor Dadullah, were on Saturday freed by Pakistan to boost the troubled reconciliation process in Afghanistan, taking the total number of commanders released so far to 33.

Local leader killed in Afghan Taliban attack

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 21:50

A local leader was killed overnight along with two of his sons in a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan`s Ghazni province, said a deputy provincial governor on Wednesday.

Pak to persuade Afghan Taliban to shift office from Qatar

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 12:10

Pakistan will persuade the Afghan Taliban to relocate their political office from Qatar to either Saudi Arabia or Turkey and enter into direct talks with Kabul, a media report today said.

Pakistan finally admits to having `contacts` with Afghan Taliban

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 14:07

Pakistan has contacts with the Taliban, adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz has revealed.

More UK soldiers die from suicides than fighting Afghan Taliban

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 16:11

The study found out that the traumatic stress of the time spent in Afghanistan has taken toll on the lives of the British soldiers

Afghan Taliban negotiators say Kabul attacks will not disrupt Qatar peace process

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 16:23

Afghan Taliban negotiators have said the attacks that occurred near the Afghan Presidential palace in Kabul will not affect the Qatar peace process.

Hamid Karzai angry over name of Taliban office, halts US talks

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 13:41

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the US on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war.