A Taliban delegation met China's special representative for Afghanistan in Beijing on Sunday to discuss the group's peace talks with the United States, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgency said.

Afghanistan's Taliban meets Chinese government in Beijing

As many as 23 Taliban terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Afghan security forces in the provinces of Kandahar, Ghazni, and Badghis, state media reported on Saturday.

At least 23 Taliban terrorists killed in airstrikes by Afghan security forces

In the dilapidated offices of Afghanistan's state-run film board, where old movie reels are stacked in rusting canisters, Sahraa Karimi heads the all-male team she hopes will help drag the nation's cinema from the lingering shadow of Taliban rule.

Director's cut: The Afghan woman making waves at all-male film board

In a dusty Kabul suburb, hundreds of workers check and recheck biometric fingerprint readers part of a massive effort to ensure Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election is not tainted by fraud allegations that have marred previous polls.

Fraud the main enemy for Afghan election officials

The death toll from a massive Taliban bomb attack which flattened a hospital in southern Afghanistan earlier this week has risen to at least 39, officials said Friday.

Afghanistan: Death toll from Taliban bomb attack rises to 39

The US envoy who negotiated with the Taliban will testify behind closed doors to Congress on Thursday, 12 days after President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with the Afghan militants.

US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad to testify before lawmakers

A Taliban truck bomb devastated a hospital in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injured more than 90.

WION Dispatch: Taliban truck bomb kills at least 20 people in Afghanistan

Taliban truck bomb kills at least 20 people in Qalat city of Afghanistan

Iran held talks with a delegation from Afghanistan's Taliban, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after peace talks between the United States and the Islamist insurgents collapsed.

Iran says it held talks with Afghanistan's Taliban

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that his government would try to revive Afghanistan peace talks that recently broke down between the United States and the Taliban militant group.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan aims to restart Afghan peace talks

Afghanistan's Taliban insurgent group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying in attacks on election centres.

Afghanistan's Taliban tells teachers, students to block presidential elections or risk death

The Taliban's chief negotiator has said their "doors are open" to resuming talks with Washington, hours after two attacks by the insurgents killed at least 48 people in war-weary Afghanistan.

'From our side, our doors are open for negotiations,' says Taliban to US

Taliban open to new talks with United States after bloody attacks

Taliban suicide bombers killed 48 people in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the deadliest taking place near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani, though he was unhurt.

Taliban attacks kill 48, Afghan leader unhurt as bomber targets rally

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the two blasts in Afghanistan today in which at least 30 people were killed ahead of the presidential elections on September 28.

Taliban claims responsibility for two blasts in Afghanistan

Taliban holds talks with Russia, meet after the collapse of Taliban-U.S. talks. Watch this video to know more.

Taliban holds talks with Russia after collapse of Taliban-U.S. talks

The Taliban on Sunday revoked their ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan and gave a guarantee of security for its staff doing humanitarian work in areas under their control.

Taliban revoke the ban on Red Cross, provide security guarantees

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that it was not a "good idea" for Taliban to launch a deadly blast in Kabul, which has claimed 12 lives including an American soldier, and stated that the militant group is aware that they have committed a "big mistake".

Not a 'good idea' for Taliban to bomb Kabul: Trump

The Afghan government on Saturday said that work on the US-Taliban peace deal will start after the presidential election scheduled for September 28. "Taliban's attempt to visit Moscow and other countries shows the group has 'failed' in the (peace) process, Afghan presidential spokesperson, Sediq Sediqqi said in a tweet.

Working on presidential elections, peace deal later: Afghan government

Afghan presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Saturday said that the incumbent government in Kabul is a hurdle in the way of bringing peace to the war-ravaged country.

Afghan presidential candidate Hekmatyar says incumbent government a hurdle in way of peace

A Taliban delegation held talks with Russian officials in Moscow after US negotiations with the Afghan insurgents collapsed, the Russian foreign ministry said Saturday.

Moscow holds talks with Taliban as US peace deal collapses: Russian foreign ministry

On again, off again: Erratic history of US talks with the Taliban

President Donald Trump has announced the cancellation of talks with Taliban in view of the killings of 12 persons, including an American, by the terrorist outfit.

American trust in Pakistan and Taliban difficult to comprehend

Days after US President Trump called off talks with the Taliban, India reacted to the development asserting that any peace process should respect the political mandate and involve all sections of the Afghan society including the Afghan government.

Any peace process in Afghanistan should respect political mandate: India

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