report in Khaama Press, 16 Dec 2020 at 09:22 AMTaliban Peace negotiating members oppose the Afghan government’s call to hold the next round of talks inside Afghanistan. “Many areas in the country are in our control and any decision that we get belongs to us. These locations are those that were suggested to them by the United Nations a while ago in which they mentioned that the members of (the Taliban) remain on a blacklist…
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by Saleh Mughalin The Express Tribune, dec 16, 2020ISLAMABAD: Mullah Baradar Akhund, head of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar along with an eight-member delegation arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-day visit. Delegation of the Taliban Political Commission arrived at New Islamabad International Airport (IIA) this morning from Doha on flight QR-632. The delegation was received by senior Pakistani officials and escorted under tight security. During their visit, the Afghan delegation will meet…
report on Khaama Press, 16 Dec 2020 at 01:27 PMIn a Taliban attack in Baghlan Province, at least 13 Afghan security forces were killed, and five others are reported, wounded in the early hours of Wednesday morning, local officials said. Taliban attacked the Wazir Abad and Neyazullah area in PD6 of Pul-e-Khumir in the capital of Baghlan province. Health officials have confirmed the casualties in the incident, the bodies of the dead have been transferred…
report on Khaama Press, 16 Dec 2020 at 02:15 PMFighting between Taliban and security forces has been going on in Dehrawud district of Uruzgan province since Tuesday night, in which five Afghan security members and 17 Taliban fighters were killed. A spokesman for the Uruzgan governor, Ahmad Shah Sahil, told media that Taliban insurgents attacked security checkpoints in the Dehrawud district last night, prompting a retaliatory attack by security forces. He indicated, 17 Taliban including…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Dec 15, 2020ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, met Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday to discuss the Afghan peace efforts as the US voiced concerns over the 20-day break in negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban taking place in Doha. Khalilzad was accompanied by General Austin Scott Miller, Commander Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan, while General Qamar was assisted…
report in Khaama Press, 15 Dec 2020 at 11:21 AMDeputy Governor for Kabul, Mahboobullah Mohibi, and his secretary was killed in an IED attack, the Interior ministry confirmed. MoI spokesman Tariq Arian tweeted the incident happened at around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday morning in Macroryan 4 area of PD9, Kabul. The deputy mayor was killed when a magnetic IED placed on his Toyota Landcruiser exploded. According to reports, his secretary was also killed in the incident…
report in Khaama Press, 15 Dec 2020 at 10:33 AMKABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan National Army Commando Corps freed Maidan Wardak-Jalriz highway from Taliban, denying reports said Afghan forces are trapped in an ambush by the Taliban insurgents in Maidan Wardark province. In a report Monday, Mehdi Rasekh, a representative of Maidan Wardak in the parliament, said a long convoy of the Afghan security forces are trapped in an ambush by the Taliban on Highway…
By Sharif Amiry in TOLOnews, Dec 15, 2020 at 8:16 PMTOLOnews has seen a document that indicates that a 28-article list of demands has been shared verbally by the Afghan republic’s team with the Taliban, and the Taliban has verbally shared a list of 24 demands with the republic’s negotiators. The republic’s negotiators have been categorized into five sections. A discussion about a ceasefire is on the top of the republic’s list, while it is…
report in Daily Times, Dec 14, 2020Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday. Taliban militants attacked checkpoints in five districts surrounding the city of Kandahar, which Afghan forces countered with heavy air and ground assaults, the ministry of defence said in a statement. “The security forces repulsed the attack, killing 51 terrorists and wounding…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 14, 2020 at 09:33 AMKABUL – The United States and NATO’s Resolute Support forces commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller on Sunday said he “has orders to reduce the US military presence to 2,500”, according to sources, part of which is “in line with US-Taliban agreement.” While Trump administration has repeatedly said the number of US forces in Afghanistan will be reduced from roughly 4,000 to 2,500 by mid-January, critique…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 13, 2020 at 01:27 PMBAGHLAN, Afghanistan – The Afghan National Army (ANA) has defused at least two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Baghlan province, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement Sunday, avoiding possible infrastructure damages. “#ANA prevented the destruction of two bridges in Chashmai Sher of Baghlan province today,” said the MoD in a tweet. According to officials, the Taliban insurgents planted the bomb, targeting at least two…