Fighting raged in Lashkar Gah, one of Afghanistan's largest cities in the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, where surrounded govt forces hoped to hold onto the capital after the militants' weeklong blitz has seen them already seized 9 others around the country.
While the capital of Kabul itself has not been directly threatened in the advance, the stunning speed of the offensive raises questions of how long the Afghan government can maintain control of its countryside.
Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, who is also a member of the group’s negotiating team, laid out the insurgents’ stance on what should come next in a country on the precipice.
Biden said at the beginning of the meeting on Friday that "our troops may be leaving but support for Afghanistan is not ending in terms of support and maintenance of helping maintain their military as well as economic and political support".
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued a decree to pardon and release about 400 controversial Taliban inmates, the Presidential Palace confirmed.
The Afghan government has suspended the release of the last batch of Taliban inmates over their involvement in serious crimes, it was reported on Tuesday.
A cousin of Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani found shot to death inside his home in Kabul, Afghanistan Media informed.
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr the Taliban and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani announced a three-day cease-fire on Sunday. The Taliban order, which was soon followed by an announcement via Twitter from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announcing the government “extends the offer of peace,” comes just days after U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in Kabul and Doha.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has defended his aggressive military strategy against insurgents, adding that his administration will never oppose efforts for peace and reconciliation but the armed forces had the right to defend the nation against threats.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on March 15 attended a video conference of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries amid Coronavirus scare.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has pardoned thousands of Taliban prisoners in a key preliminary step to intra-Afghan talks between a government delegation and the extremist group, his spokesman said early on Wednesday.
A bomb blast rocked the venue where Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was being administered his oath of office on Monday. Multiple gunshots were also heard at the site.
A bomb blast rocked the venue where Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was being administered his oath of office on Monday. Multiple gunshots were also heard at the site
Cracks in the US-Taliban Peace Deal appeared on Sunday as Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani rejected the demand for the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners
India on Thursday congratulated Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on his re-election following the announcement of final results of the presidential elections.
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has led the preliminary results of September presidential election by 50.64 per cent, the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Sunday.
This is the second attack on Ghani's election campaign over the past one week.
Soon after the suicide attack, Parwan province was hit by another blast, which was reported in PD9 Kabul city.
It was reported earlier on Friday that Ghani, along with a 13-member delegation would embark on the trip on Saturday and he would meet his US counterpart Donald Trump on September 9.
The Afghan President had proposed a ceasefire from August 20 to November 20 (birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, or Milad-ul-Nabi).
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