Tehran 30 February _US President Donald Trump has vowed to personally meet with leaders of the Afghan militant group that the American military sought to root out when it led a massive invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, dismissing criticism of the deal Washington signed with Taliban.
Tehran 16 February _Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was assured of the US support for the country after a Washington-Taliban deal, a report says citing an Afghan source close to the negotiations.
TEHRAN, Dec 23_The Taliban militant group has carried out a bomb attack against an American convoy in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz Province, killing a US soldier, only weeks after the two sides restarted stalled peace negotiations.
TEHRAN, Dec 19_Iran’s top security official has rejected US claims that it is providing weapons to the Taliban in order to fight the US influence in Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_The US says its special representative for Afghanistan is set to restart talks with the Taliban militant group, a week after American President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to the war-torn country and hinted at a resumption of the negotiations in Qatar.
TEHRAN, August 12 -The latest round of talks between the Taliban and the United States ended early Monday without any sign a peace deal had been reached for Afghanistan, as both sides said they would consult with their leaderships on the next steps.
TEHRAN, August 7 -A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside a police station in the Afghan capital, Kabul, wounding at least 95 people, government officials said, and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
TEHRAN, Jul 18 - At least a dozen people have been killed and about 90 others wounded when Taliban militants attacked police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar.
TEHRAN, Jul 16 -Eighteen Afghan soldiers have been killed during clashes with Taliban militants that erupted after the troops conducted a night raid on their hideouts to capture a top leader of the militant group, government officials say.
TEHRAN, Jul 13 -A US military officer has been killed in Afghanistan, the NATO military alliance’s so-called Resolute Support (RS) mission in the country has announced without spilling more details.
TEHRAN, Jun 30 - Taliban militants have staged an attack in southern Afghanistan, killing at least eight election commission employees amid ongoing peace talks in Doha, Qatar.
TEHRAN, Jun 1- The head of the Afghan Taliban pledged on Saturday to continue fighting until the movement's objectives were reached and indicated it was still not ready to open talks with the Western-backed government in Kabul.
TEHRAN, May 30 - The Taliban say "decent progress" has been made in talks with senior Afghan politicians in Moscow but that there has been no breakthrough towards ending two decades of the US occupation of Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, May 28 - At least 18 members of Afghan security forces have been killed after Taliban militants stormed several posts providing protection to a historic minaret in western Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, May 11 - An Afghan official said that unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a female journalist and adviser to the country's parliament in the capital Kabul.
TEHRAN, May 11 - Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group’s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces.
TEHRAN, May 08 - The Taliban attacked the offices of an international NGO in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion and battling Afghan security forces in an assault that wounded at least nine people, officials said.
TEHRAN, May 06 - The Taliban stormed an army checkpoint in Afghanistan's western Farah province, killing 20 soldiers and abducting two, the latest in relentless attacks that the insurgents carry out even as they negotiate with the U.S. about ending the war, Afghan officials said Monday.
TEHRAN, May 05 - At least 20 people were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee and blew himself up at the police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, Afghan officials and the Taliban said on Sunday.