A police checkpoint has collapsed in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province after a clash between law enforcers and the Taliban terrorist group, in which five soldiers have been killed, Hayatullah Amiri, the head of Kunduz's Khanabad district, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

5 soldiers killed in Afghanistan's north in clash with Taliban

The United States on Monday welcomed China's proposal to host a fresh meeting bringing together Afghan officials and the Taliban, after President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with the insurgents.

US welcomes proposed intra-Afghan talks in China

The Taliban should call a one-month ceasefire to prove they still control their forces, Afghanistan's national security advisor said Tuesday, amid signs the US wants to rekindle talks with the insurgents.

Taliban should call ceasefire to prove control of forces: Official

Representatives of Pakistan, China, and Russia on Friday called on the US and the Taliban to return to the negotiation table at the earliest and reach an agreement with an aim to end the 18-year long war in Afghanistan.

China, Russia, Pakistan call for early resumption of US-Taliban peace talks

Pakistan Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mohammad Faisal on Wednesday announced that Islamabad will take part in the upcoming Afghan Peace talks scheduled to be held in Moscow.

Islamabad set to attend Afghanistan peace talks in Russia

China on Tuesday invited International Energy Agency (IEA) delegation led by Taliban leader M. Baradar Akhund to take part in the upcoming intra-Afghan conference to be held in Beijing.

China invites Taliban representatives for intra-Afghan conference in Beijing

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper made a surprise visit to Afghanistan yesterday in a bid to revive talks with the Taliban after President Donald Trump broke off negotiations last month which was aimed at ending America's longest war.

Mark Esper made a surprise visit to Afghanistan

Local media on Thursday reported that the Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) killed Salahuddin alias Ibrahimi, a facilitator of Taliban explosions in the northeastern Afghan province of Takhar.

Afghan forces kill facilitator of Taliban explosions in Takhar province

Chairman of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Pipeline Corporation Murad Amanov on Wednesday met Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and apprised him about the progress in the Trans-Afghanistan project.

TAPI Chairman meets Pakistan Foreign Minister, apprises him of project progress

The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near police headquarters that claimed the lives of two members of the Afghan Security Forces and injured 26 other people in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman.

Taliban claim responsibility of attack that killed two policemen in Afghanistan

At least seven Taliban terrorists were killed and eight others arrested during military operations in Wardak and Paktika provinces in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Wednesday.

Seven Taliban terrorists killed, eight arrested in Eastern Afghanistan

Like assembling a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, conservators at the National Museum of Afghanistan are restoring the country's Buddhist history that the Taliban tried to erase.

Afghan museum recreates Buddhist history, one broken piece at a time

At least nine terrorists from the Taliban and the Islamic State (IS) were killed in Afghanistan following a series of airstrikes. Quoting military officials, Khaama Press reported that the airstrikes took place in the eastern province of Nangarhar, where a total of five ISIS terrorists were killed.

Airstrikes kill nine Taliban, Islamic State terrorists in Afghanistan

Despite the Pakistan government's claim of its successes in the tribal regions, the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) remain the prime hideout of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has announced its resurgence in the area through IED blasts and warnings which directly threaten women and children.

With threats to women and children, Pakistani Taliban resurfaces

The leader of Al-Qaeda's South Asian branch was killed in a US-Afghan joint raid in southern Afghanistan last month, Afghan officials confirmed Tuesday. Asim Umar, who led Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) from its inception in 2014, was killed during a raid September 23 on a Taliban compound in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province.

'Enemy fabricated propaganda', says Taliban as it denies killing of South Asia region Al-Qaeda chief Asim Umar in Afghanistan

Despite pulling off a safer presidential election than expected, Afghanistan looks headed for a prolonged period of political uncertainty, with the two front-runners claiming victory before ballots are tallied and signalling they would not accept defeat.

Afghanistan braces for political uncertainty in election's wake

U.S.-Taliban on table talks, 3 Indians set to release who got abducted by Taliban last year. Watch this video to know more.

U.S.-Taliban on table talks, 3 Indians set to release who got abducted by Taliban last year

The Taliban on Sunday vowed to continue attacking US troops in Afghanistan until a peace deal is sealed. "Until there is no agreement with the US we will continue the attacks on US troops, and we do not talk to the Kabul administration under the government`s title and we have denied such talks before," Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the militant group, told Sputnik.

Taliban vows to continue attack on US troop until peace deal is sealed

Afghanistan's war cost 13-year-old shoe shiner Hameedullah his education. Poverty forced Sabir, 11, to flee home and sell dried fruits on Kabul's streets. Niyamathullah, 9, hangs out in a park, looking for work.

'Peace is like a dream': Afghan generation knows only conflict as war turns 18

At least 89 Taliban terrorists were killed and over 60 were injured during an operation in the Afghan province of Tahar in the past 24 hours, the country's defence ministry said on Saturday.

At least 89 taliban terrorists killed by Afghan forces

Forty-three residents of Khwaja Omri district in the southern Afghan province of Ghazni, who were abducted by the Taliban two days ago, have been released following mediation by tribal elders, the provincial governor`s office said on Sunday.

43 residents of Ghazni, taken hostage by Taliban, released

Even as last week saw pictures of camaraderie and bonhomie between the Taliban and Pakistan, Afghanistan has come hard on Islamabad for hosting the group and India has said that New Delhi is monitoring the development.

Pakistan-Taliban talks: Afghanistan slams Islamabad; India says closely monitoring development 

US, Taliban peace talks end in Pakistan. Watch this video to know more.

US, Taliban peace talks end in Pakistan

Violence against children in Afghanistan has risen sharply over the past four years, a U.N. report says. From 2015 to 2018 a United Nations team studying the plight of children in war-torn Afghanistan documented 14,202 grave violations against them throughout the country, says the report published this week by the office of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

United Nations: Violence against children in Afghanistan up sharply

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