US President Donald Trump's announcement of completing the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Christmas has taken aback nation's military, with officials saying they haven't been informed about the process and concerned over its impact on Taliban-Afghanistan peace talks.

US military startled with Trump's announcement of complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

NATO insisted Thursday that its members would consult and decide together on when to leave Afghanistan, after US President Donald Trump vowed to bring American troops home by Christmas.

NATO chief says allies will leave Afghanistan together

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration wants all US forces to pull out of Afghanistan by Christmas, speeding up the process to end America's longest war.

Donald Trump wants US forces to pull out from Afghanistan by Christmas

Taliban and Afghan peace negotiators have agreed on a code of conduct to safeguard against the risk of any breakdown in talks that began last month in Qatar to bring an end to decades of war, three official sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Taliban, Afghan negotiators set ground rules to safeguard peace talks: Sources

DOHA, Qatar — They are here to end their fathers’ war. On both sides of the negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are nearly a dozen children of men who played key roles in the Soviet conflict in the 1980s that set off four decades of violence and loss.

At Afghan peace talks, hoping to end their fathers’ war

Reports have emerged of the ISI`s involvement in the car bomb explosion in Nangarhar even as the Afghan govt accused the Taliban and other terrorist groups of continuing crimes against the people of Afghanistan.

Reports emerge of ISI's involvement in car bomb explosion in Afghanistan's Nangarhar

Afghan government's top negotiator for intra-Afghan talks Dr Abdullah Abdullah will be visiting India from October 6 for four days. He, as the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation represents the Afghan govt in talks with Taliban which started in September in Doha.

Afghan govt's top negotiator Abdullah Abdullah to visit India on October 6

Senior Afghan peace official Abdullah Abdullah arrived in Pakistan on Monday for meetings in a country seen as vital to the success of Afghan talks aimed at ending decades of war.

Afghan official Abdullah Abdullah in Pakistan for talks on peace bid

Afghan official Abdullah in Pakistan for talks on peace bid

Thirteen militants were killed as government forces struck terrorist hideout in Kharwar district of eastern Logar province in Afghanistan on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Shahpor Ahmadzai said.

Forces kill 13 militants in Afghanistan's easter Logar province

A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have taken up arms again, top official Abdullah Abdullah said Tuesday.

Some freed Taliban prisoners ‘returned to battlefield’: Afghan Official 

A twin airstrike on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 10 people on Saturday, provincial officials and Taliban officials said, as the warring sides hold peace talks.

Airstrikes on Taliban base kill at least 12 civilians

US President Donald Trump complimented the Taliban for being tough and smart, and said the United States was dealing well with the Afghan militant group. In a news conference on Friday, Trump also said he expects to have available enough doses of a coronavirus vaccine for every American by April.

Taliban, coronavirus vaccine and US-Canada row: What Trump said in his latest briefing

Fierce fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban killed dozens in a restive eastern province, officials said Thursday, as negotiators from both sides pushed ahead with peace talks in Qatar.

Afghanistan: Over 50 people die in clashes with Taliban as Doha peace talks continue

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in the national capital Tuesday even as the intra-Afghan dialogue continues in Doha.

WION Dispatch: Zalmay Khalilzad meets S. Jaishankar in New Delhi

US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad will visit New Delhi on Tuesday -- in the wake of the peace talks that have opened between the Taliban and the Afghan forces in Doha.

US special envoy to Afghanistan to visit India on Tuesday

Four Afghan women who endured the Taliban's oppressive rule and have fought for fragile gains since the terrorists were ousted are facing the hardline group in peace talks.

‘Taliban facing new Afghanistan’: Women negotiators amid peace talks 

Taliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan even as the long-awaited peace talks in Doha started on Saturday underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.

Afghan forces, Taliban continue to clash even as historic peace talks start

After nearly two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands, peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban have opened in Qatar's capital. Watch report.

Intra-Afghan peace talks begin in Doha: 'Taliban attacked Afghan forces in 18 provinces'

Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban to wish them success during peace talks taking place in the Gulf state, Qatar state media reported on Sunday.

Qatar ruler meets Afghan, Taliban delegations during peace talks in Doha

The head of Afghanistan`s peace council, Abdullah Abdullah, said negotiators would discuss a reduction in violence as a priority when they met Taliban representatives on Sunday and that both sides would need to find compromises on contentious issues.

Afghan negotiators to discuss reduction of violence in Taliban talks

Peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators get down to business on Day 2, with the search for a lasting ceasefire one of many key issues up for discussion.

Afghan govt alleges more Taliban attacks, confrontations continue despite talks

Historic peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government opened in Qatar on Saturday -- aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians.

Talks open between Taliban, Afghan govt with calls for - but no signs of - ceasefire

Open session of intra Afghan peace talks have ended today. Afghanistan's government & representatives from the Taliban will be holding several meetings in a bid to end nearly two decades of war.

Afghan govt starts talks with Taliban, end to decades of war

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