Top United States officials have reportedly had an in-person meeting with the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha. According to CNN, this was the first meeting of US officials with the Taliban since the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul in late July.

US officials hold first in-person meet with Taliban months after Zawahiri’s killing: Report

The Taliban has warned the United States that a failure to recognise their government in Afghanistan and continued freezing of Afghan funds abroad would create problems not only in the restive region, but also for the world.

Failure to recognise government can create problems for the world, Taliban warn US

In August this year, the United States air force led the largest non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) in US history. In 17 days the department of defense evacuated 120,000 thousand people, including 6,000 Americans.

Afghanistan: U.S forces were prepared to deal with a 'different' Taliban

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, who remained underground for over a decade and only showed his face when the militia group seized control of Kabul on August 15, said he lived in the Afghan capital right under the nose of his adversaries who considered him a “ghost-like” figure during the conflict.

US thought I was a ghost, roamed freely across Afghanistan, boasts Taliban spokesman Mujahid

Taliban fighters have taken over the glitzy Kabul mansion of one of their fiercest enemies -- the warlord and fugitive ex-vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum. Now in the hands of rank and file Taliban fighters, the opulent villa has given the austere Islamists a peek into the lives of Afghanistan's former rulers, and they say the luxury is the proceeds of years of endemic corruption.

Warlord chic: Taliban make themselves at home in Dostum's mansion

As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief for Afghanistan under Taliban rule, neighbours China and Pakistan have already reached out with aid and discussions of future assistance.

As West ponders aid for Afghanistan, China and Pakistan quick to provide relief

The head of the US Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie Jr offered the first extensive comments by a top commander about the effect of President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw more than 2,500 troops from Afghanistan.

US top general says US troops pullout makes terror fight harder

The Taliban on Friday accused the US of bombarding civilians, rejecting Washington's accusations that it had not lived up to its promises in Afghanistan. The US signed a landmark deal with the insurgents last year, agreeing to withdraw all of its troops from the country in return for security guarantees after a stalemate on the battlefield.

Taliban accuses US of violating Afghan deal

The Biden administration said it would review a landmark US deal with the Taliban. It added that while doing so it would focus on whether the insurgent group has kept with its side of the agreement and has reduced attacks in Afghanistan.

Biden administration says will review US-Taliban withdrawal deal

The Taliban's chief has zeroed in on a negotiating team that is to have sweeping decision-making powers in upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations. Maulvi Hibatullah Akhunzada picked the 20-member team, 13 of whom come from the Taliban's leadership council.

Taliban set for intra-Afghan talks

Pakistan has brought its all-weather friend China for its sinister Afghanistan agenda, an agreement that could make the United States' efforts for a peace deal irrelevant.

Pakistan-China intelligence-sharing deal threatens US peace efforts in Afghanistan

A ceasefire between the Afghan government and Taliban was held for the third and final day on Sunday after hundreds of militant prisoners released in a bid to bring peace talks closer.

Afghan ceasefire holds for third day as hundreds of Taliban prisoners freed

The US has withdrawn troops from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces there as part of the agreement it entered into with the Taliban earlier this year.

US pulls out troops from five bases in Afghanistan as part of agreement with Taliban

Intelligence that Afghan militants might have accepted Russian bounties for killing American troops did not scuttle the US-Taliban agreement or President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw thousands more troops from the war.

Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can't be trusted

The US military has begun withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan as part of a pullout agreed in the February 29 peace agreement with the Taliban, a Pentagon official said Monday.

US begins troops withdrawal from Afghanistan 10 days after Taliban deal

24 hours after it was signed, The U.S. - Taliban peace deal has hit a roadblock. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has refused to release 5000 Taliban prisoners. This report has the details.

Gravitas: US - Taliban peace deal hits a roadblock

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has postponed his inauguration on US request. This after Washington raised concerns that the controversy over his re-election might hamper the signing of a peace deal with the Taliban, later this week.

Afghan President delays his inauguration on US request

Washington plans to sign a peace deal with the Taliban on Feb. 29 following the successful implementation of a countrywide reduction in violence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday.

WION Fineprint: US-Taliban to sign peace deal on Feb 29

The Taliban lashed out at the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing the US of holding up negotiations over a potential withdrawal deal that would see the Americans end their 18-year war in Afghanistan.

Negotiation process has been harmed by Trump and US demands: Taliban

Pakistan's foreign minister on Thursday said the Taliban has shown "a willingness" to reduce violence in war-torn Afghanistan after more than 18 years fighting the US, sparking speculation that a potential breakthrough in talks with the Americans may be near.

Taliban showing willingness to reduce Afghan violence: Pak

US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is negotiating US-Taliban peace talks, reached Pakistan on Friday where he briefed it about the development with the Taliban in Afghanistan, US embassy officials said.

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad briefs Pakistan on Taliban peace talks

Ten civilians, including four women and a child, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday. The explosion happened in the volatile district of Jaghatu in Ghazni province after the US and Taliban paused ongoing talks on Thursday.

Roadside bomb blast kills 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

Pakistan has welcomed the resumption of peace talks between the United States and Taliban which had remained suspended for three months and urged all parties to the Afghan conflict to engage constructively on the same.

Pakistan welcomes resumption of US-Taliban talks

Notorious for leaks and chastened by previous security lapses, the White House went to unusual lengths to keep President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan under wraps, devising a cover story for his movements that included posting scripted tweets while he was in the air, administration officials said.

No phones, scripted tweets: How Trump's Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps

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