An attempt by western powers to kickstart peace talks with the Taliban by overhauling the United Nations' sanction regime against the hardline movement and its al-Qaida allies hangs on whether Russia, India and China can be persuaded to drop their objections, a senior diplomat said. Germany's ambassador to the UN, Peter Wittig, said his country was engaged in "intensive negotiations" with foreign
The latest attack will be seen as significant because it has struck an area of the country's north which has been seen as relatively secure. One intelligence official who survived the attack in Taloqan told the BBC's Bilal Sarwary that Gen Daud had left a meeting and was heading to the second floor of the building when there was a huge explosion. "There was fire. Daud and the police chief of Takha
Tayeb Agha, left, an aide to the Taliban leader, has met with Americans in exploratory peace talks.Credit...Banaras Khan/Agence France-Presse Mr. Agha speaks English and Arabic, and he has been easily identified, avoiding the false start that occurred last year when an impostor posed as a Taliban commander, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, in meetings with Afghans and NATO officials. Mr. Agha is re
Rebutting Afghan Spy Agency, Taliban Say Their Leader Isn’t Dead KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban said Monday that their reclusive leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, was still very much alive and “leading the mujahedeen in all aspects,” disputing reports from inside Afghanistan’s intelligence agency indicating that he had been killed in Pakistan last week. A senior Afghan official said the Afghan intel
The west must state clearly that it will not abandon Afghanistan after the handover of security to local forces in 2014 or risk further fighting in the region from an emboldened Taliban, the commander of British forces in the country has warned. In his first interview since becoming second in command of the International Security and Assistance Force (Isaf), General James Bucknall told the Guardia
Heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades have reportedly been used by both sides Intense fighting has taken place in Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar amid co-ordinated militant attacks, including at least six suicide bombs. The Taliban said it was behind the triple assault on the provincial governor's office, the Afghan spy agency and a police station. At least two people were killed
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