Author Hussain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, believes the recent deal between the U.S. and the Taliban provides a real opportunity for peace in the region.
A U.S.-Taliban deal aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan is threatening to unravel over two key issues: a major prisoner exchange and a reduction of violence.
In an escalation of a war of words amid rising violence before scheduled peace talks between the warring sides, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has called on the Taliban to abandon their sanctuaries in neighboring Pakistan before beginning negotiations with his government.
A bombing at a soccer match has killed three civilians in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost Province, officials say, as the Taliban announced an end to a partial truce in the country.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has questioned a key component of an agreement between the United States and the Taliban aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan.
The United States has signed a historic agreement with the Taliban aimed at ending the conflict in Afghanistan.
U.S. officials and Taliban negotiators are poised to meet in Qatar to take what could be the most important step yet toward ending America’s longest war -- the conflict in Afghanistan.
The imminent peace deal between the United States and Taliban this week is expected to be followed by negotiations between the hard-line Islamist movement and the Western-backed Afghan government.
The Taliban is demanding the release of 5,000 of its prisoners if a historic peace deal is signed with the United States. But experts warn that the Afghan government would lose one of its key bargaining chips if it complies.
In a remote frontline in the southern Uruzgan Province, Afghan soldiers and Taliban fighters are happy with a partial cease-fire.
Afghans in frontline provinces now demand a lasting cease-fire. They are hoping their lives, defined by the misery and anguish caused by fighting, will change for the better if all warring sides agree on turning the partial truce into a lasting cease-fire.
Load more
