TEHRAN, Feb 28 -The latest round of talks in Qatar aimed at ending nearly two decades of US occupation of Afghanistan has been put on hold until March 2 so that both sides can conduct "internal deliberations."
TEHRAN, Feb 07 -The Taliban says no timeframe has been agreed for the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan despite Washington’s earlier promise to draw down half of its forces from the war-torn country.
TEHRAN, Feb 06 - The Taliban say the United States has promised them to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by April as part of a peace process in the conflict-stricken country, a report says.
TEHRAN, Jan 27-The US envoy leading the so-called “peace talks” with the Taliban terrorist group has confirmed “significant progress” in the negotiations amid claims by the group that the American side has agreed to a troop-withdrawal deal.
TEHRAN, Jan 21 -The Taliban have held talks with US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar hours after militants from the group killed scores of Afghan security forces in central Maidan Wardak province.
TEHRAN, Jan 21 - The Afghan Taliban killed at least 12 security force members in a car bomb attack on a military base in the southern province of Maidan Wardak on Monday, officials said.
TEHRAN, Jan 17 -Several hundred protesters have marched in three cities in southern and eastern Afghanistan to call for a ceasefire and an end to the US-led war in the country.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 - A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded scores when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle late in the evening in the Afghan capital, officials said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Jan 7 - Taliban insurgents have stormed security posts in west Afghanistan, killing 21 police and pro-government militia members, officials said on Monday, the latest in a surge of attacks that has cast doubt on tentative steps toward talks.
TEHRAN, Jan 2 - Pakistani army stopped the Talibani militant suicide attack to the country's border forces training base in Baluchistan state, Al-Manar reported.
TEHRAN, December 27 - The Taliban militant group has warned the United States it would face the same fate as the Soviet Union in the 1980s if it did not leave violence-wracked Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, December 26 - The Afghan government has been kept informed of the ongoing talks between Iran and the Taliban, a senior Iranian officials said, noting that the dialogue, aimed at resolving the security problems in Afghanistan, will go on in future.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials in the wake of intensified assaults by the militant group across the war-ravaged country.
TEHRAN, December 18 - A peace negotiations team of the Kabul government has arrived in Abu Dhabi, a day after representatives of the Taliban and Washington held talks in order to end a 17-year war in Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, December 17 -The Afghan Taliban militant group says it is set to hold a fresh round of talks with US officials this time in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite earlier reports that suggested the meeting would take place in neighboring Pakistan.
TEHRAN, December 09 - An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked an army checkpoint in the western Farah province, killing at least eight Afghan soldiers.
TEHRAN, December 07 - The Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts in western Herat province, killing 14 Afghan soldiers and taking another 21 captive, a provincial official said Friday, the latest in a series of daily attacks by insurgents on the country's beleaguered national security forces.
TEHRAN, December 02 - A senior Taliban commander and dozens of his comrades have been killed during a joint operation by Afghan and US Special Forces in southern Afghanistan, officials and Taliban members say.
TEHRAN, November 29 -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the international community to engage the Taliban in an "inclusive" dialogue with the Afghan government in a bid to restore peace to the war-torn nation.