India on Tuesday announced its stance regarding the UN call for direct talks between the Afghan government and Taliban group to end the ongoing conflict.India’s Permanent Representative to United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin said the...

The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has said that he has concluded the 9th round of peace talks with Taliban in Qatar.Ambassador Khalilzad said in a Twitter post “We’ve concluded this round of talks...

The U.S. President Donald Trump has said Washington will announce somethings about Afghanistan in coming weeks.Without disclosing further information, Trump told reporters in New Jersey on Sunday that the United States does not want...

The U.S. President Donald Trump has recently said that the United States is having good discussions with both the Afghan government and Taliban.Speaking to reporters in New Jersey on Sunday, Trump said “We’re looking at Afghanistan....

AP File PhotoThe Sheikh of Qatar Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani and the U.S. President Donald Trump held talks on U.S.-Taliban peace talks in Doha.Sheikh Al-Thani called President Trump on Thursday and discussed “strategic cooperation relations...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has instructed the national defense and security forces to concentrate on suppressing the militants until peace talks formally begins with Taliban.The ARG Palace in a statement said Ghani issued the...

The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad will travel to Afghanistan and Qatar for the talks with the government and Taliban representatives.The State Department in a statement said “Special Representative for Afghanistan...

A U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has expressed doubts regarding Taliban’s counter-terrorism guarantees raising questions regarding Taliban’s capability to deny safe havens to terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan.Speaking to Ambassador...

China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a news conference at the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam April 1, 2018. REUTERS/KhamThe Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi has said Afghanistan has never been so...

The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation has told Taliban to put down arms, stop violence and embrace.“In our opening session, I underscored to the Talibs that the Afghan people, who are their brothers &...

The Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that peace in Afghanistan is around the corner as he expressed hopes that the negotiations between the U.S. and Taliban representatives would result into a peace agreement in coming days.Khan...

The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity Abdullah Abdullah has said that the Taliban group has so far not decided to hold talks with the Afghan government and the Afghan nation to find a negotiated settlement to the ongoing...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday renewed government’s commitment to offer office to Taliban and ensure security of the members of Taliban similar to Eid-Ul-Fitr in a bid to help facilitate peace talks with the group.He...

Amid ongoing efforts to end the Afghan conflict through negotiated settlement, the U.S. President Donald Trump has said his Administration is holding constructive talks with a number of Afghan groups, including the Taliban in Afghanistan....

About Author:Dr. Mudassir Fatah is Ph.D. Political Science from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. Dr. Fatah is currently working as a Turkiye Burslari Postdoctoral Fellow at Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey, on the...