The Pentagon has approved plans for partial withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, under which the US will remain in control of two larger bases in the war-ravaged country.
News ID: 82712 Publish Date : 2020/12/05
TEHRAN (defapress) – Afghanistan will transfer to Qatar seven prisoners whose release has been demanded by the Taliban ahead of peace talks set to start this week, officials of both warring sides, as well as Western diplomats, said on Thursday.
News ID: 81931 Publish Date : 2020/09/03
TEHRAN (defapress) – The new spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry refuted the “groundless” allegations made by the US secretary of state that Iran is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan.
News ID: 81795 Publish Date : 2020/08/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Taliban said they are ready for talks with the Afghan government after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha at the end of July, offering to hand over the last of the government prisoners in a week's time, providing the government frees the last of its Taliban prisoner.
News ID: 81638 Publish Date : 2020/07/25
Deputy FM:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi dismissed claims that Taliban has opened an office in Iran, saying that the US is an ally of the militant group and has made an agreement with them on Afghanistan’s future.
News ID: 81583 Publish Date : 2020/07/19
TEHRAN (defapress)- Russia’s top diplomat on Friday dismissed US intelligence information alleging that Moscow offered bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers as a product of election year politics in Washington.
News ID: 81509 Publish Date : 2020/07/11
TEHRAN (defapress) – Afghanistan’s government late on Thursday announced a 21-member team to negotiate with the Taliban in a tentative sign of progress for the peace deal.
News ID: 80630 Publish Date : 2020/03/27
TEHRAN (defapress) – The government of Afghanistan has made no commitment to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners as stated in a pact signed between the United States and the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday.
News ID: 80372 Publish Date : 2020/03/01
TEHRAN (defapress) – The US and Taliban signed a peace deal that could signal the end of the US's longest war after nearly two years of protracted negotiations in the Qatari capital, Doha.
News ID: 80363 Publish Date : 2020/02/29
sources:
TEHRAN (defapress) – The US and the Taliban, at war since 2001, are on the verge of agreeing a landmark withdrawal deal to be signed in Qatar, an insurgent source said Tuesday.
News ID: 80256 Publish Date : 2020/02/19
Report:
TEHRAN (defapress)- The US and international contractors who have participated in rebuilding Afghanistan are being accused of paying the Taliban to provide for their own safety, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
News ID: 79710 Publish Date : 2019/12/28
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Taliban targeted an army checkpoint in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least seven Afghan soldiers, the defense ministry and the insurgents said.
News ID: 79670 Publish Date : 2019/12/24
TEHRAN (defapress) – An Afghan Taliban delegation will visit Pakistan Wednesday, the insurgent group said, the latest stop on a tour of regional powers after an Afghanistan peace process broke down.
News ID: 78887 Publish Date : 2019/10/02
TEHRAN (defapress) – A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 others when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, an official said.
News ID: 78746 Publish Date : 2019/09/19
TEHRAN (defapress) – Six Taliban militants were killed and a local Taliban leader arrested in two eastern Afghan provinces, authorities said Monday.
News ID: 78506 Publish Date : 2019/08/26
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Afghan Taliban on Monday said they were near a final agreement with US as peace talks continue in Qatar's capital Doha.
News ID: 78497 Publish Date : 2019/08/26
TEHRAN (defapress) – Talks on a pact that would allow the United States to end its longest war and withdraw troops from Afghanistan ended on Monday without agreement and both sides would consult their leaders on the next steps, the Taliban said.
News ID: 78369 Publish Date : 2019/08/12
TEHRAN (defapress) – Taliban fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than 50 civilians, by blowing up a car bomb in central Ghazni province on Sunday, government officials and the Taliban said.
News ID: 78000 Publish Date : 2019/07/07
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Taliban called on the US to end the use of force in Afghanistan instead of putting pressure on the militant group to lay down its arms.
News ID: 77213 Publish Date : 2019/05/04
Taliban:
TEHRAN (defapress) – A senior member of the Afghan Taliban said the upcoming talks between the Taliban and the US will focus on the timetable for withdrawing all foreign forces from Afghanistan.
News ID: 76971 Publish Date : 2019/04/22