by Tahir Khan in Daily Times, Dec 30, 2020Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar said on Tuesday that Pakistan could play an influential role in convincing the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire, which is the critical component of ending violence and restoring peace in Afghanistan. Atmar offered the remarks while talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan in Kabul days after Taliban political representatives met Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Shah Mahmood…
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By Naseer Ahmad Salehi, in Tolo News, Dec 29, 2020 at 08:20 PMReligious scholars and influential clerics from Afghanistan’s western provinces on Tuesday said that the Taliban’s narrative of establishing an Islamic political system in Afghanistan should not obstruct the peace process in the country. Speaking to a gathering of scholars in Herat, Mawlavi Khudadad Saleh, the head of the Herat clerical council, rejected the Taliban’s ‘unilateral’ stance about the establishment of an Islamic system…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 29, 2020 at 07:57 PMMassoud Andarabi, Interior Minister, and Ahmad Zia Siraj, Head of NDS blamed the Taliban for the targeted killings, and that the Taliban are responsible for 99% of attacks and violence in Afghanistan. While speaking to the senators, Interior Minister, Andarabi said the Taliban had major plans to put the nation on the verge of collapse, but were prevented and they have turned into targeted killings, he…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 29, 2020 at 12:16 PMAt least three French soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb incident on Monday in the Hombori region in Mali, according to French media their armored vehicle struck an explosive device. The killed soldiers belong to France’s Operation Barkhane mission, an operation to fight extremist insurgency in the Sahel region of Africa. As part of 5000 troops, they were working in an area “where terrorist groups…
report in The Frontier Post / Dec 29, 2020KABUL (Tolo News): The Taliban has dug up the grave of a former police commander in Uruzgan and mutilated his body, the police commander’s family said. Shah Mohammad Shah, the district police chief for Dihrawood district, was killed in an attack by armed men in the district on June 30. His family members said this act by the Taliban is against all principles of Islam and is…
By Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Dec 28, 2020Pakistan has for the first time officially taken credit for facilitating not just the February 29 deal between the US and the Afghan Taliban but also talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as the intra-Afghan talks are set to resume next month in Doha after a 20-day break. Islamabad played a key role in the Afghan peace efforts but this is the first time…
by Mariana Baabar in The News, December 28, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed its ‘concern’ about some ‘negative’ comments which continue to emanate from certain official as well as unofficial Afghan circles especially at a time when Afghan peace process is making encouraging progress towards a political solution of the conflict, and critical phase of talks is beginning from January 05, 2021. Kabul was reminded that it was important to highlight that public blame game is detrimental…
report in Khaama Press, 28 Dec 2020 at 11:09 AMTaliban have abducted 15 passengers on the Qarabagh Highway in the Ghazni province on Sunday. According to the local officials, the Taliban militants stopped a vehicle carrying 15 passengers. These abductees were on their way from the Jaghori district to the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province. On the other hand, Ghazni’s representative in the parliament, Arif Rahmani confirmed to Khaama Press, that Taliban militants have abducted…
report in Khaama Press, 28 Dec 2020 at 12:01 PMAt least one policeman was killed in a Taliban attack in Farah province on Monday morning. Mohibullah Mohib, a spokesman to Farah Police HQ, told Khaama Press that prior to the clashes a Humvee type vehicle loaded with explosive wanted to target district police headquarters in Anardara of Faryab province, but was detonated before reaching its target. Mohib Added, following the explosion, the Taliban initiated their…
report in Khaama Press, 28 Dec 2020 at 10:11 AMAn Afghan National Army’s Ranger vehicle was targeted by a magnetic IED on Monday. The incident happened around 7:50 am local time in the Kolola Poshta area in PD4 of Kabul City. According to police, the incident did not have any casualties but eyewitnesses confirmed to media that at least 3 people were wounded in the explosion. No group or individual have yet claimed responsibility for…
report in The Frontier Post / December 28, 2020KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Defense said 11 Al Qaeda affiliates were killed in an airstrike by Afghan forces in Nawa district of southern Helmand province. The airstrike was carried out last night, the ministry said in a statement, adding that two key Taliban figures were also killed in the strike and another two wounded. The MoD statement said the dead Taliban included Massoud Ahmad aka Haqbin,…