'The United States is ready to participate in the discussion, but we cannot serve as a substitute for the Afghan government and the Afghan people. A political settlement must be negotiated through a process that is Afghan-lead and Afghan-owned' Deputy Assistant to US President said

US willing to hold talks with Taliban

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after the insurgents stormed a military base in the western province of Herat, killing 17 Afghan soldiers

19 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack on base: Officials

Afghan security forces killed 10 Taliban militants as a ceasefire announced by the president took effect

Afghan Taliban for the first time announce ceasefire for Eid

An unprecedented ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban has sparked hopes the move may open the door for a new push for peace talks in the bloody, nearly 17-year conflict

Afghanistan's chequered history with Taliban peace talks

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Ghani has urged ceasefires with the Taliban before, but this was the first unconditional offer since he was elected in 2014

Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban until June 20

Four people were killed and five wounded by unidentified gunmen in a separate attack on a lawmaker's Nangarhar home on Friday. The lawmaker was not at home at the time.

Afghan forces kill 10 Taliban as ceasefire is announced

The 27th day of Ramadan is set for Monday, June 11 while the fifth day of Eid should fall on June 15

Afghanistan President Ghani announces ceasefire with Taliban for Eid

The incident occurred in the Rustam Bazar of Wana, the main town of South Waziristan where the military has in the past conducted a string of punishing offensives to hunt down Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants

Two killed as activists clash with militants in Pakistan tribal area

Security officials said a suicide bomber exploded a device near a tent where Muslim clerics had gathered to denounce terrorism

Afghanistan: At least 14 killed in suicide bomb attack in Kabul

The number of children deprived of schooling is at its highest rate since 2002 -- the year after the US-led ouster of the repressive Taliban regime, which had banned girls from the classroom

Nearly half Afghan children out of school, number rising for first time in years

Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday

Nearly half Afghan children out of school, rising for first time since 2002

Joshua Boyle, 34, was arrested by Canadian police in December 2017, two months after he was freed, along with his American wife and their three children, and returned to Canada

Former Taliban hostage facing criminal charges in Canada granted bail: Report

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says in a statement distributed to the media today that Gen. John Nicholson's remarks, made to reporters at the Pentagon from his Kabul office, were a "baseless claim."

Afghanistan: Taliban rejects US commander's statement on peace talks

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in late February proposed peace talks with the Taliban

Taliban, Afghan officials in ceasefire talks: US general

Under surveillance by the Marines, the Taliban fighters returned to their Helmand stronghold, a centre for poppy cultivation

Afghanistan: Over 50 Taliban leaders killed in US operation

Reports quoted officials as saying that a weapon system known as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which is capable of firing GPS-guided rockets, destroyed a command-and-control position

Over 50 Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike in Afghanistan

Kabul police said gunfire was heard near the interior ministry

Afghanistan: Explosion near interior ministry building in Kabul

The library-on-wheels offers pupils and street kids free access to children's books, which are in short supply at public schools and libraries

Kabul library bus drives Afghan children to read

The incident took place in the vicinity of Nad-e-Ali district after a suicide bomber detonated a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) near a military base,

Several Afghan soldiers killed in suicide blast in Helmand

The Special Forces of the directorate targeted a large compound of the Taliban in Farah Rod district which the terror outfit wanted to put to use for the attack, reported Afghan's news agency Khaama Press, citing, NDS, as saying, in a statement

Afghanistan: Taliban's bid to conduct coordinated attack foiled

'Despite some heroic efforts to stabilize insecure and contested areas in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2017, the program mostly failed,' Special Inspector General John Sopko said

US wasted billions in failed Afghan stabilization efforts: Official

Nematullah Barak, a head of the Mirwais hospital in Kandahar, said 16 dead and 38 wounded, including several children, had been brought in but the final total could be higher as ambulances were still at the scene

16 killed, 38 wounded by minivan blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar

The official number of the casualties could increase as news agency Reuters reported that more casualties are arriving

Afghanistan: 6 people dead including attacker in minibus explosion

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