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Taliban commander: we cannot win war and al-Qaida is a ‘plague’
Senior Taliban commander admits insurgents must seek settlement with other political forces in Afghanistan One of the Taliban’s most senior commanders has admitted the insurgents cannot win the war in Afghanistan and that capturing Kabul is “a very distant prospect”, obliging them to seek a settlement with other political forces…
Taliban storm lakeside hotel in Kabul, 16 dead
Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a lakeside hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killing at least 16 people. The four or five attackers were also killed in the brazen assault on the Spozhmai Hotel that will exacerbate fears that insecurity…
U.S. thought Taliban had nuclear bomb in 2009: book
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama confronted the ultimate security nightmare early in his administration — the possibility that the Taliban had acquired a nuclear bomb, according to a new book published Tuesday. The book, “Confront and Conceal” by New York Times chief Washington correspondent David Sanger, says Obama was…
Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul
KABUL — A senior Afghan peace negotiator and close ally of President Hamid Karzai was shot dead Sunday, dealing a major blow to Kabul’s efforts to broker peace with Taliban insurgents. Arsala Rahmani, a former minister in the Taliban regime, was a “key negotiator” in the High Peace Council (HPC)…
Afghan Taliban deny new talks with U.S.
Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents on Sunday denied that they had resumed talks with the United States, while the Afghan government insisted that the peace process was “on track”. The Taliban, who last month broke off contacts with the US in Qatar, said they would not resume talks “until the Americans take…
U.S. tries to limit damage from grisly Afghan photos
The United States has swiftly condemned photos of soldiers posing with the mangled corpses of insurgents in Afghanistan, seeking to limit the fallout from the latest scandal involving US troops. The photographs, which date back to 2010 but were published by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, add to a…
Afghan policement poisoned, shot 9 colleagues
An Afghan policeman poisoned and then shot dead nine of his colleagues while they were sleeping early Friday in the eastern province of Paktika, police and provincial government officials said. It was the latest in a series of shootings by Afghan security personnel of their local and foreign colleagues, deaths…
Taliban offers online Islamic advice service
Worried about whether Islamic verses on Facebook are allowed? Or that suicide bombers kill innocent civilians? Afghanistan’s Taliban have set up a new question-and-answer section on their website to address such issues. The facility on Voice of Jihad, the official website of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the Taliban’s…
Think-tank foresees another Afghan civil war as West leaves
KABUL — The West wants to pull out of Afghanistan “with or without a settlement” and attempts to negotiate with the Taliban are unlikely to lead to lasting peace, a report by a respected think-tank said Monday. In a hard-hitting document the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) condemned “desperate and…
Clinton vows no Afghan peace without women’s rights
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed Wednesday never to accept a peace agreement in Afghanistan that rolls back women’s rights, despite reaching out to the Taliban for talks. The United States is seeking a political settlement that would allow NATO forces to leave by the end of…
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