India participated in the Taliban and Afghan delegations at "non-official" level held in Moscow on Friday. India had said earlier that it supports all efforts at peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan that will preserve unity and plurality, and bring security, stability and prosperity to the country.

India participates in Taliban-Afghan delegation at 'non-official' level

Pakistan on Thursday said the Afghan Taliban's former deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was released from jail at the request of the US as part of efforts to pursue a political settlement in war-torn Afghanistan.

Taliban leader Baradar released at US request for political settlement in Afghanistan: Pak 

Afghan special forces were deployed Thursday to beat back Taliban fighters in a district heavily populated by minority Hazaras, that has raised fears of ethnic and sectarian violence.

Fears of ethnic violence as Afghan Taliban target Hazara district

The Taliban's campaign of violence and intimidation during last month's parliamentary elections in Afghanistan was the deadliest for civilians in years, a report by the United Nations mission in the country has said.

Taliban-led violence during recent Afghan polls leaves record high numbers of civilians dead: UN

On a good day, it takes Mohammad less than three hours to drive from Ghazni to Kabul. But preparations for the hair-raising journey through Taliban-infested areas can take weeks.

Highway to hell: Afghan travellers run gauntlet of Taliban violence

A key Pakistani cleric with close ties to the Afghan Taliban who was killed in the garrison city of Rawalpindi was buried Saturday as Prime Minister Imran Khan called for an investigation into the murder.

Pakistan buries 'Father of Taliban' as PM orders probe of killing

Pakistan buries 'Father of Taliban' as PM Imran Khan orders probe of killing

Russia on Saturday said it will host international talks on Afghanistan on November 9, with representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Russia to host international talks on Afghanistan 

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will seek re-election in 2019, his office announced Saturday, as potential rivals begin jockeying for the country's top job ahead of the ballot.

Ghani to seek re-election in Afghan presidential poll: Official

Muslim cleric Sami ul-Haq, known as the "Father of the Taliban" for having taught some of the Afghan Islamist movement's leaders, was shot dead on Friday in a Pakistani city, a relative and his deputy said.

'Father of Taliban' Mullah Sami ul-Haq shot dead in Pakistan: Report

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the killing of political leader and cleric Maulana Sami ul Haq and expressed deep sorrow and sympathies, Pak Prime Minister Office stated.

Maulana Haq shall be remembered for his political, religious services: PM Imran Khan 

Russia has quietly invited a group of senior Afghan politicians to talks with the Taliban in Moscow, bypassing President Ashraf Ghani's government in a move that has angered officials in Kabul who say it could muddle the US-backed peace process.

Russia reaches out to Afghan leaders for Taliban talks, angering Kabul

The Afghan government is struggling to recover control of districts lost to Taliban insurgents while casualties among security forces have reached record levels, a US watchdog agency said on Thursday.

Afghan forces struggle to regain ground as casualties mount: Report

At least 25 people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday after an army helicopter crashed in the southwestern region of the country. The deceased include passengers and the crew of the helicopter.

Afghan army helicopter crashes killing 25 on board: Officials

Once peace is achieved in Afghanistan, any American military role in the war-torn country would be conditions-based and worked out with the government of the day, Defence Secretary James Mattis has said.

Any US military role in Afghan after peace would be conditions-based: Mattis

A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday killed at least one person and wounded six, officials said, in the latest violence to strike the controversial poll.

Suicide attack on Kabul election workers kills one, wounds six

Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief delayed the ballot by a week.

Afghans risk their lives to vote in delayed Kandahar poll

Pakistan, which remains the breeding ground and supporter of global terrorism, is responsible for three times the terror risk to humanity that Syria poses, says a study — "Humanity at Risk - Global Terror Threat Indicant (GTTI)" — by Oxford University and Strategic Foresight Group (SFG).

Pakistan three times the terror risk that Syria is: Oxford report

A top Taliban commander held in Pakistani detention for more than eight years has been freed, sources said Thursday, in an apparent move to aid tentative talks between the United States and the militant group.

Pakistan frees Taliban leader after US talks with militants

More than 50,000 militants from 21 terrorist organisations are currently operating in Afghanistan, the country's deputy Defence Minister, Hilaluddin Helal, said on Friday.

Over 50,000 militants from 21 groups are in Afghanistan: Defence Ministry

Pakistan frees Taliban leader after US talks with terrorists

Afghanistan's National Unity Government's CEO Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday that Taliban's thoughts and ideas have been rejected, as people came out to vote for Saturday's parliamentary elections despite threats by the group.

Taliban defeated, their ideas rejected: Afghanistan's Abdullah Abdullah

Problems plagued hundreds of Afghan polling centres Sunday in the shambolic legislative election's second day of voting, fuelling criticism of organisers and eroding hopes for credible results after a ballot marred by deadly violence.

Afghan polling centres plagued by problems as casualties surge

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