Taliban

Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan

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The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), are a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military organisation in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader is Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.

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Twenty-three rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, 8 civilians killed At least eight civilians killed in the brazen attack and dozens wounded as the Taliban denies involvement. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:51Published 3 days ago

Trump to cut troop levels in Afghanistan, Iraq [NFA] President Donald Trump will sharply reduce the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday, stopping short of a full withdrawal from.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:37Published 1 week ago

Afghanistan fighting shows no sign of ending While the world awaits progress in the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, heavy violence continues in the country. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:37Published on October 22, 2020

Afghanistan fighting continues despite peace talks More violence has erupted between Taliban fighters and government troops in Afghanistan. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 04:10Published on October 18, 2020

Afghanistan: US stands down in Helmand, Taliban to do the same The Taliban has agreed to stop attacks after the US promised to halt its raids supporting Afghan forces in Helmand. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:11Published on October 18, 2020

Thousands flee amid fighting between Taliban and Afghan forces Official says 30,000 people forced to leave homes in Helmand province as clashes between Taliban and security forces continue. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:36Published on October 15, 2020

Abdullah Abdullah on Afghan peace talks, India engaging with Taliban \| Worldview The Afghan leadership won’t have concerns if India decides to engage with the Taliban, though a final decision in this matter will is New Delhi’s prerogative, Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah.. Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 15:18Published on October 10, 2020

'Connectivity in region will benefit countries': Abdullah Abdullah on SAARC's revival and India-Pak resolving issues While reacting on South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC's) revival and India-Pak resolving issues, the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, Abdullah.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:23Published on October 10, 2020

Engagement with Taliban is India's call, didn't ask directly: Afghan leader Abdullah Abdullah Commenting on whether Afghanistan wants India to engage with Taliban, the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah said, "I didn't ask directly for.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:50Published on October 10, 2020

Insistence on violence will marginalise perpetrators: Afghan FM Afghan acting Foreign Minister Mohammed Haneef Atmar expresses optimism about overcoming obstacles in Taliban talks. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 04:00Published on October 7, 2020

Afghan women's rights: Mother's names recorded on kids' ID cards Former Taliban commander Akbar Agha says the law is un-Islamic. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:35Published on September 26, 2020

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This is what Afghans in Australia think about historic peace talks with the Taliban Members of Australia's Afghan communities say they are conflicted over the prospects for peace, and fear what could happen if the Taliban gains further power. SBS - Published on September 16, 2020
Reluctance to free 'most dangerous' Taliban prisoners slows Afghan peace talks: sources Western powers are backing the Afghan government's refusal to free hundreds of prisoners accused of some of Afghanistan's most violent attacks, a release demanded by the Taliban as a condition to start.. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020
Afghan government, Taliban agree to Doha as venue for first peace talks Afghanistan's government and the Islamist Taliban group have agreed that Doha will be the venue for the first meeting in their peace talks, both sides said on Sunday. Reuters - Published on June 14, 2020

Afghan peace talks seen this month after U.S. shuttle diplomacy Talks to end the 18-year-old conflict in Afghanistan may begin this month, sources said on Monday, a day after the U.S. special envoy visited the capital of neighbouring Pakistan and met Taliban.. Reuters - Published on June 8, 2020
U.S. forces conduct airstrikes on Taliban in Afghanistan American forces conducted two airstrikes on Taliban fighters to foil the militant group's plan to launch attacks on Afghan security forces, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, in a move that.. Reuters - Published on June 5, 2020
Taliban, al Qaeda retain ties despite U.S.-Taliban deal, U.N. monitors say Ties between the Taliban, especially its Haqqani Network branch, and al Qaeda remain close, independent U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report made public on Monday, despite a U.S.-Taliban pact.. Reuters - Published on June 1, 2020

Khalilzad sounds upbeat note on chances for intra-Afghan peace talks Recent prisoner releases and a relatively low level of violence may bode well for the start of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan.. Reuters - Published on June 1, 2020
Afghan government says ceasefire still in place even as skirmishes with Taliban resume Skirmishes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces recommenced in Afghanistan in the day since a three-day ceasefire expired, but government officials said on Thursday that the incidents.. Reuters - Published on May 28, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan down to close to 8,600 ahead of schedule - sources U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan is down to nearly 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with Taliban militants in late February, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus,.. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. ahead of schedule in cutting Afghanistan troop strength - sources U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan is down to nearly 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with Taliban militants in late February, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus,.. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020

Afghanistan begins freeing 900 Taliban prisoners, urges truce extension The Afghan government said it was in the process of freeing 900 Taliban members from prison on Tuesday, the biggest such release yet, and urged the insurgent group to extend a three-day ceasefire set.. Reuters - Published on May 26, 2020
Afghan government will free 900 Taliban prisoners Tuesday: Afghan official The Afghan government urged the Taliban to extend a three-day ceasefire which is due to end on Tuesday night and also announced that it would release 900 prisoners from the insurgent group on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on May 26, 2020
Taliban, Afghan president declare three-day Eid ceasefire from Sunday The Taliban declared a three-day Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan starting Sunday, via a tweet on Saturday from the hardline Islamist group, and the country's president said the government would.. Reuters - Published on May 23, 2020	U.S. envoy meets Afghan president and former rival Abdullah in push for peace The United States' special envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his former rival Abdullah Abdullah, to discuss progress towards a peace deal with the insurgent.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020
U.S. envoy to press Taliban, Afghan officials on peace talks A senior U.S. envoy left for Doha and Kabul on Sunday to press Taliban and Afghan government officials to open peace talks that the United States hopes will allow it to withdraw from Afghanistan, the.. Reuters - Published on May 18, 2020	Taliban blast near Afghan intelligence base kills seven, injures 40 Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb on Monday near an Afghan intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni, killing at least seven people and wounding 40, officials and the.. Reuters - Published on May 18, 2020
India should talk to Taliban if Delhi feels it will bolster peace push: Pakistan's U.S. envoy India should speak with Taliban militants if it feels that it will help the peace process, Pakistan's envoy to Washington said on Saturday, after a series of attacks in Afghanistan raised questions.. Reuters - Published on May 16, 2020	Drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan continuing: Pentagon The United States is continuing its drawdown of troops from Afghanistan and is expected to meet a timeline that had been agreed upon with the Taliban earlier this year, the Pentagon said on Friday. Reuters - Published on May 15, 2020
Brutal Afghan attacks highlight limitations of U.S.-Taliban deal Two brutal attacks this week laid bare major weaknesses of the U.S.-Taliban troop withdrawal pact: nothing in it obliges the Taliban to prevent such massacres and the Afghan government's ability to.. Reuters - Published on May 15, 2020	Afghans say Taliban behind bloodshed, reject U.S. blame of Islamic State Afghan officials on Friday blamed the Taliban for a bloody attack on a maternity hospital in the capital, Kabul, this week, rejecting a U.S. assertion that it was carried out by Islamic State.. Reuters - Published on May 15, 2020
Truck bomb in eastern Afghan city kills five, Taliban claim responsibility A truck packed with explosives blew up near a court in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez on Thursday, killing at least five people in an attack claimed by Taliban insurgents. Reuters - Published on May 14, 2020	Attacks deal Trump's long-shot Afghan peace push a fresh blow U.S. President Donald Trump's stalled plans to bring peace to Afghanistan have suffered a new setback with a decision by Kabul to resume offensive operations against the Taliban following two attacks.. Reuters - Published on May 13, 2020
Pompeo urges Taliban, Afghan govt to bring hospital, funeral attacker to justice U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called on the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban to cooperate to bring to justice the perpetrators of attacks on a hospital and a funeral that.. Reuters - Published on May 12, 2020	Taliban blow up police chief in latest Afghanistan attack Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents killed a provincial police chief and two others in a roadside bomb attack, the local governor said on Friday, in the latest violence hindering a U.S.-brokered peace.. Reuters - Published on May 8, 2020
United States' Khalilzad to meet Taliban in Qatar, visit India, Pakistan The U.S. special envoy on Afghanistan is on a mission to press Taliban negotiators in Doha and officials in India and Pakistan to support reduced violence, speeding up intra-Afghan peace talks and.. Reuters - Published on May 6, 2020	Taliban not living up to commitments, U.S. Defense Secretary says U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the Taliban were not living up to their commitments under an agreement signed this year, amid signs the fragile deal is under strain by a.. Reuters - Published on May 5, 2020
Taliban attack military centre in Afghanistan, casualties reported The Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack at a military centre in southern Helmand province in Afghanistan where at least 150 members of the Afghan army and intelligence wing were.. Reuters - Published on May 4, 2020	Taliban, U.S. engage in Twitter spat amid rise in Afghanistan violence Representatives of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents engaged in a rare public spat on Saturday, venting on social media about the stalling Afghan peace process. Reuters - Published on May 2, 2020
Taliban step up attacks on Afghan forces since signing U.S. deal: data The Taliban have mounted more than 4,500 attacks in Afghanistan, marking a sharp escalation in violence, in the 45 days since signing a deal with the United States that paves the way for a U.S. troop.. Reuters - Published on May 1, 2020	Afghanistan suffers upsurge in fighting and in coronavirus Clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan forces intensified in northern Balkh and southern Logar province as warring sides fought to control checkpoints and the number of coronavirus cases in.. Reuters - Published on May 1, 2020
More than 500 civilians die in Afghan violence in first quarter: U.N. More than 500 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in the first three months of the year as violence raged even after an agreement between the United States and the Taliban on withdrawing foreign.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020	NATO calls on Taliban to reduce violence, seek peace: statement The U.S.-led NATO alliance called on Friday for Afghanistan's Taliban militants to cut violence levels and join peace talks, saying prisoner releases should also be speeded up. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020
Afghanistan's Taliban reject call for Ramadan ceasefire The Taliban have rejected an Afghan government call for a ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and to let authorities focus on tackling the coronavirus, raising new concern about prospects.. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020	Clashes across Afghanistan kill dozens of security force members, militants Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants killed dozens nationwide over the past 24 hours, authorities said on Wednesday, even as the United States tries to broker peace talks between the.. Reuters - Published on April 22, 2020
Trump, Qatari leader agree Taliban need to reduce violence in Afghanistan, White House says U.S. President Donald Trump and Qatari leader Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani agreed in a phone call on Wednesday on the importance of the Taliban reducing violence in Afghanistan, the White House.. Reuters - Published on April 22, 2020	Afghan prisoner exchanges, U.S. peace plan threatened by coronavirus The coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel a U.S. effort to end the war in Afghanistan if Taliban and government prisoners die in custody before they can be exchanged, four sources familiar with the.. Reuters - Published on April 21, 2020
U.S., Taliban officials meet to discuss prisoner release dispute: Taliban spokesman The chief U.S. negotiator and the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks on Monday with Taliban officials in Doha on a prisoner release dispute that helped stall U.S.-led peace-making efforts, a.. Reuters - Published on April 13, 2020	U.S. special representative to meet Taliban negotiators: State Department The chief U.S. negotiator of a deal with the Taliban for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was to hold talks on Monday with insurgent officials in Doha on "current challenges" to the U.S.-led.. Reuters - Published on April 13, 2020
Taliban to release 20 Afghan government prisoners on Sunday: spokesman The Taliban will release 20 Afghan government prisoners it was holding, a spokesman of the Islamist militant group said on Sunday, the first handover since the beginning of a peace process. Reuters - Published on April 12, 2020	U.S. commander in Afghanistan and Taliban discuss violence reduction in Doha meeting The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan met Taliban leadership in Doha to discuss the need to reduce violence in the war-torn country, spokesmen for both sides said on Saturday, as continued.. Reuters - Published on April 11, 2020
Afghan government frees 100 Taliban prisoners as part of peace process The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group's suspension of talks on a planned prisoner exchange.. Reuters - Published on April 8, 2020	Taliban recalls negotiators after suspending prisoner exchange talks The Taliban on Tuesday recalled the group's negotiators from Kabul hours after they suspended talks on a prisoner exchange process with the Afghan government, a spokesman for the hard-line Islamist.. Reuters - Published on April 7, 2020
Taliban break off talks with Afghan government on prisoner exchange The Taliban on Tuesday broke off talks with the Afghan government on a prisoner exchange, a main step in peace talks being brokered by the United States after it agreed on a troop withdrawal pact with.. Reuters - Published on April 7, 2020

Taliban

Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan

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U.S. forces conduct airstrikes on Taliban in Afghanistan

Taliban, al Qaeda retain ties despite U.S.-Taliban deal, U.N. monitors say

Khalilzad sounds upbeat note on chances for intra-Afghan peace talks

Afghan government says ceasefire still in place even as skirmishes with Taliban resume

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Exclusive: U.S. ahead of schedule in cutting Afghanistan troop strength - sources

Afghanistan begins freeing 900 Taliban prisoners, urges truce extension

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Taliban, Afghan president declare three-day Eid ceasefire from Sunday

U.S. envoy meets Afghan president and former rival Abdullah in push for peace

U.S. envoy to press Taliban, Afghan officials on peace talks

Taliban blast near Afghan intelligence base kills seven, injures 40

India should talk to Taliban if Delhi feels it will bolster peace push: Pakistan's U.S. envoy

Drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan continuing: Pentagon

Brutal Afghan attacks highlight limitations of U.S.-Taliban deal

Afghans say Taliban behind bloodshed, reject U.S. blame of Islamic State

Truck bomb in eastern Afghan city kills five, Taliban claim responsibility

Attacks deal Trump's long-shot Afghan peace push a fresh blow

Pompeo urges Taliban, Afghan govt to bring hospital, funeral attacker to justice

Taliban blow up police chief in latest Afghanistan attack

United States' Khalilzad to meet Taliban in Qatar, visit India, Pakistan

Taliban not living up to commitments, U.S. Defense Secretary says

Taliban attack military centre in Afghanistan, casualties reported

Taliban, U.S. engage in Twitter spat amid rise in Afghanistan violence

Taliban step up attacks on Afghan forces since signing U.S. deal: data

Afghanistan suffers upsurge in fighting and in coronavirus

More than 500 civilians die in Afghan violence in first quarter: U.N.

NATO calls on Taliban to reduce violence, seek peace: statement

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U.S., Taliban officials meet to discuss prisoner release dispute: Taliban spokesman

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Taliban to release 20 Afghan government prisoners on Sunday: spokesman

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