report in Khaama Press, Dec 1, 2020 at 03:08 PMGHAZNI, Afghanistan – At least nine Taliban killed and further eight wounded during clashes with Afghan National and Defense Security Forces (ANDSF) in Giro district of Ghazni province, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement Tuesday. “9 Taliban were killed and 8 others were wounded in Giro district and the outskirts of Ghazni city yesterday,” said the MoD in a tweet. According to the statement,…
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report in Khaama Press, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:09 PMAfghanistan – At least 19 Taliban insurgents killed during an operation carried by Afghan National Army (ANA) in Dehrawood district of Uruzgan on Monday, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement. According to the statement, the Taliban plotted an attack against the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), which was foiled in cooperation by the national army forces. “19 #Taliban were killed during preemptive…
report in Khaama Press, Nov 30, 2020DOHA, Qatar – A group of Taliban delegation on Monday met with Iranian Ambassador to Doha Hameed Raza Dihqani, discussing intra-Afghan negotiations amid delays on the main talks. The meeting came a day after Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem Wardak said that Afghan and Taliban negotiating teams have agreed on the procedural rules in a bid to push through the peace process. “Today, the responsible for contact with Iran, Turkey…
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, UK and UNWILL the peace process between Afghanistan’s warring parties be put at risk by the Pentagon’s recent announcement that more US troops will be withdrawn ahead of schedule? Not really. Factors other than troop levels are more significant for the future of peace talks. In any case, troop levels have progressively been going down since the Doha agreement of February between the US and the…
By Aziz Tassal and Susannah George in The Washington Post, Nov 30, 2020KABUL — A Humvee laden with explosives and backed by gunmen struck a government base in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 24, according to local officials. Most of the casualties were members of the Afghan security forces, local media reported. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent months in Afghanistan, where violence has been on…
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff in The NY Times, Nov 30, 2020President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has refused to let peace talks move forward even though the Taliban and government negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on the talks’ guiding principles, Afghan officials say, further stalling the process despite nearing an apparent breakthrough after months of effort. The Taliban exposed those fault lines on Saturday when the insurgent group announced on social media that both sides had…
report in Khaama Press, 29 Nov 2020At least one police officer was wounded in a magnetic IED blast in PD5 of Kabul city Saturday night, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. The Improvised Explosive Devices had been placed on a police vehicle, he said. Ministry of Interior also said, at around 07:45 Am this morning a roadside bomb planted by the Militants was discovered and defused by the Kabul police in Hudkhel District, Kabul. Meanwhile,…
report in Khaama Press.29 Nov 2020The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan confirms an aid worker has been abducted in Maidan Wardak province. Roya Mousavi, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, told the media that the employee had been abducted by unknown individuals on Saturday. She did not provide further details on the incident. But Juan Pedro, Head of the ICRC, tweeted that an ICRC kidnapped staff, was…
report in Khaama Press.29 Nov 2020A suicide vehicle attack occurred close to a public protection unit in Ghazni province on Sunday, officials confirmed. The bomber detonated “a Humvee vehicle, loaded with explosives” near the public protection police unit. Aref Rahmani, Ghazni Representative in Parliament told Khaama Press, that at least 30 people were killed and 15 others were wounded following the attack, a member of the provincial council told media. But Zahirshah Nikmal, Director for…
report in Khaama Press.29 Nov 2020The Ministry of Defense (MoD) says heavy attacks by Taliban fighters on Zherai and Dand districts of Kandahar province have been repulsed by security forces. Armed Taliban militants attacked ANA checkpoints in the Waziran area of Zherai district and Dand district of Kandahar province last night, the Ministry of Defense said on Sunday. The Ministry added that 40 Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others were wounded in the clashes.…
report in Khaama Press.29 Nov 2020DOHA, Qatar – The Afghan and Taliban negotiating teams have agreed on the procedural rules after months of struggle, said Mohammad Naeem Wardar, a spokesman for Taliban’s political office in Qatar, Saturday evening. This came days after an exclusive interview with Khaam Press Wardak said the Afghan and Taliban negotiating teams met on peace dialogues but had not yet reached to any agreement, denying reports that Doha talks have agreed…