TEHRAN, March 25 - Russia has denied as "idle gossip" recent accusations by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan that Moscow had been backing and providing weapons to the Taliban militant group.
TEHRAN, March 9 - The US has announced it will pay a $5 million reward to anyone who assists in the finding of the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban, and has offered $3 million for two other militants from other terrorist groups.
TEHRAN, March 9 - The US has announced it will pay a $5 million reward to anyone who assists in the finding of the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban, and has offered $3 million for two other militants from other terrorist groups.
TEHRAN, February 27 - The Taliban terrorist group has called for direct talks with the United States in a declared bid to find a “peaceful solution” for the long-running war in Afghanistan, nearly a month after it waged a wave of bloody terror attacks in the capital, Kabul, and elsewhere.
TEHRAN, February 15 - In an open letter to the “American people,” the Taliban militant group has claimed it is willing to enter into “peaceful dialog” to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, January 31 - A new study finds that the Taliban militants are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s soil, fully controlling four percent of the country and having presence in another 66 percent.
TEHRAN, January 30 - The Taliban and the ISIS group are creating a perfect storm of carnage in Kabul, adapting to ramped up security in the war-weary capital to strike again and again -- and it is civilians who are paying the price.
TEHRAN, January 29 - Gunmen have launched a pre-dawn attack on an army outpost guarding a military academy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, engaging in heavy clashes with security forces there.
TEHRAN, December 8 - The Afghan government has once again called on the Taliban militant group to join the negotiating table. Kabul say it’s even ready to offer an office for the militant group inside Afghanistan but the Taliban insist that foreign troops must withdraw from Afghanistan before it joins any peace talks.
TEHRAN, November 11 - Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the regional countries should be vigilant against conspiracies of US government which is seeking to spread sow of discord in the region.
TEHRAN, October 24 - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Islamabad amid Washington's allegations that Pakistan is providing "safe havens" for Taliban militants.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran has strongly condemned twin suicide attacks in Afghanistan’s Kabul and Ghor, which claimed the lives of dozens of worshipers at mosques.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Spokesman for Afghan President Seyyed Shah Hossein Mortazavi in an interview said that his country will not allow anyone to use its soil to carry out aggression against neighboring countries.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Two rockets have struck near the headquarters of the NATO military mission in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, with no reports of casualties.
TEHRAN, October 18 -At least 71 people have been killed in a series of attacks by the Taliban in Paktia and Ghazni provinces, officials in Afghanistan say.
TEHRAN, October 17 - The Taliban militants have launched coordinated attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 200 others injured.
TEHRAN, October 14 -The Taliban militants have again captured Mirza Olnag, a town mostly populated by Shia Hazara families in northern Afghanistan, which suffered a horrific carnage by the militants as well as terrorists of the Daesh Takfiri group nearly two months ago.