In a provocative gesture, the Taliban have rewarded plots, cash to the relatives of suicide bombers who attacked US and Afghan soldiers. The Taliban's acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, called them "heroes of Islam and the country".

Taliban reward suicide bombers' kin

As the Taliban continues to make inroads seizing provincial capitals, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could meet with the militant group in order to ensure peace in Afghanistan.

Erdogan ready to 'receive' Taliban leader as US backs Afghan forces

Reports said hundreds of Afghan soldiers surrendered to Taliban in Kunduz as the militant group seized the ninth provincial capital in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Faizabad became the latest city to fall to the Taliban as Afghan troops continue to be pushed back.

Taliban capture another provincial capital, several Afghan soldiers surrender near Kunduz

The US wants Afghanistan's neighbours to refuse to recognise any Kabul government imposed by force, Pakistani newspaper DAWN reported. The demand, issued at a US State Department briefing on Wednesday, came ahead of a meeting of the Troika Plus nations in Doha.

US wants Afghanistan's neighbours not to recognise govt imposed by force as Taliban capture 9th provincial capital

Taliban continues its surge across Afghanistan with the capture of two more provincial cities with a total of eight provinces seized in the last couple of days. Amid the Taliban advance, US President Biden said he did regret his decision to pull US troops out of the region as the militants took Farah city and Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan.

I do not regret my decision, says Biden as two more cities fall to Taliban in Afghanistan

India has been invited to a meeting of regional countries on Afghanistan in Doha later this week, which will see the participation of countries like Turkey and Indonesia as well.

India invited to Afghanistan meet in Doha this week

Taliban has reportedly seized the northeastern city of Kunduz with the Afghan forces in control of the airport and the army base. Kunduz, a strategic town lies at the gateway of northern provinces and Central Asia.

Taliban seize provincial capitals in Afghanistan as Kunduz falls

France on Tuesday called on all its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country over security concerns, the French embassy in Kabul said, as the Taliban pressed on with a blistering offensive while foreign forces completed their withdrawal.

France to set up special flight to pull citizens out of Afghanistan

Amid a surge in violence following US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, a security official said that 119 people, including 102 security force members were killed in clashes and security incidents in just two days--June 3 and 4.

Afghanistan: 119 people killed within 2 days in clashes, security incidents

A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a base for Afghan defence forces in the country's east on Saturday, killing at least eight security personnel in an attack claimed by the Taliban.

Eight Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban attack

The reporter was killed while walking from his home to a nearby mosque on Monday. The shooters used a pistol equipped with a silencer to gun down Nekzad

Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad killed near his home

Taliban insurgents launched a complex attack on Tuesday morning against a military base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three public protection forces, an official said.

Taliban attacked a military base in Afghanistan, killing three

Days after the end of the three-day ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghanistan government, seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Seven security personnel killed, govt blames Taliban

The scale of violence has only escalated in Afghanistan during this pandemic. The Afghan govt has ordered all-out strikes against the Taliban, but the western press thinks an offensive will derail the peace process. Should terror apologists share blame for acts of terror? WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: Should terror apologists share the blame?

Four civilians were killed and eight others were injured in the Zabul province. The victims were travelling by bus when a roadside bomb exploded. Two children were among the dead.

Afghanistan witnesses spike in bloody attacks, who's to be blamed?

Taliban has killed nearly two dozen people from Afghan police and pro-government fighters in two attacks, officials said on Monday. The two attacks late on Sunday came at a time when Taliban and government are preparing for the peace talks.

Nearly 25 from Afghan forces, pro-govt groups killed in Taliban attacks

The Pentagon has downplayed the latest Taliban attacks in Afghanistan even after the United States carried out airstrikes against the group, making it the first US attack against Taliban after Washington signed a peace deal with the group just last week.

US downplays new Taliban attack, Pentagon rejects doubts over peace deal

The United States on Wednesday (March 4) conducted an airstrike against Taliban. It is the first such attack since the troop withdrawal agreement was signed.

WION Dispatch: How long peace will last in Afghanistan?

First US airstrike against Taliban since peace deal

The United States was accused by the Taliban on Twitter for obstructing negotiations over a potential withdrawal deal that would result in the Americans ending their 18-year-old war in Afghanistan.

Taliban takes to Twitter; accuses US Government of halting peace talks

Two American soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack on a US Army vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO mission there said.

Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack, says NATO mission

A Taliban roadside bomb ripped through a US army vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, with no immediate details of casualties. The incident took place in Dand district of southern Kandahar province, where a bomb hit a US armoured vehicle, provincial police spokesman Jamal Nasir Barkzai told reporters.

Afghanistan: Blast hits US army vehicle in Dand, Taliban claims responsibility

At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday, officials said. "There were 18 soldiers in the base at the time of the attack providing security for the people of Sangin.

10 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack

Taliban militants ambushed a government checkpoint in Balkh province in Afghanistan's north, killing at least 15 members of the security forces, local officials said on Tuesday, the latest in an escalating series of insurgent attacks.

Taliban kill 15 in attack on Afghan security checkpoint: Officials

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