Zabihullah Mujahid

Civilians celebrate as partial truce mostly holds in Afghanistan

Isolated attacks take place, reports say, on first day of "violence reduction period" which if observed successfully will lead to US-Taliban deal and a subsequent pullout of US troops after nearly two decades in country.

Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers in attack on base

Insurgents dug a tunnel in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up before their fighters could attack the compound.

Pentagon says New Jersey soldier killed in Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed they were behind a fatal roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province, that had killed the US soldier. A Taliban spokesman even tweeted a purported photo ID of the slain US soldier, without saying how it was obtained.

Three judges killed at Taliban checkpoint in Afghanistan, officials say

They were travelling in a car and stopped at a Taliban checkpoint on the road, Paktia governor spokesman Abdullah Hasrat said. The Taliban has long targeted the judiciary in retaliation for harsh sentences given to their fighters.

Taliban revoke ban on Red Cross, provide security guarantees

Taliban leaders imposed a ban on the ICRC and the World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier in April saying the organisations were carrying out "suspicious" activities during vaccinations campaigns and not sticking to their declared missions.

Taliban vows to fight US in Afghanistan after Trump ends talks

The insurgent group's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says Washington will regret abandoning negotiations a day after President Donald Trump said talks with the group were "dead."

Taliban say talks on US withdrawal from Afghanistan end

An agreement would allow President Donald Trump to achieve his aim of ending Washington's longest-running war, launched after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US.

Fresh round of US, Taliban talks in Doha, hope for peace deal rise

Negotiators launch final efforts to sign a peace deal to bring an end the conflict that killed and injured at least 1,500 civilians only in July in Afghanistan.

Roadside blast kills dozens in Afghanistan

At least 35 people were killed and 27 others wounded in western Afghanistan when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb, officials say, a day after the UN warned civilians were dying at "shocking" levels in the war-torn country.

The Taliban is killing fewer civilians but a worrying new trend is emerging

Pro-government forces in Afghanistan have killed more civilians than the Taliban in the first months of 2019 as all sides claim they are working actively to prevent civilian deaths.

Suicide car bomb kills at least 7 in Afghan capital

The target was a US convoy passing through an eastern neighbourhood of Kabul. This is the second suicide attack in the capital in as many days.

Taliban kill 13 Afghan police on compound attack

The assault that took place in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, set off a six-hour gunbattle which ended after the attackers were killed.