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The Taliban say they're ready to release US prisoners. But which ones?Talks between U.S. and Afghan officials for prisoner releases are stuck. The U.S. wants its citizens freed from Afghanistan. Afghanistan wa...- Tense standoff unfolding in Balochistan, 200 coffins dispatched from Quetta Railway StationThe Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express in Pakistan, holding over 200 hostages. The group has demanded a prisoner exch...
- Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for American citizens, Kabul says"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan considers this exchange a good example of resolving issues through dialogue and extends special gratitu...
- Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for two Americans, Kabul saysAn Afghan prisoner serving a life sentence in the U.S. is freed in exchange for two Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty. The exchan...
- President Joe Biden deals with Taliban to bring US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs home. Details hereIn exchange for Frerichs' release, the Biden administration signed a deal with the Taliban to allow Haji Bashir Nurzai to return home. The ...
- What next for Afghanistan as Taliban rise again?With the Taliban controlling the vast majority of the country's cities and rural areas, and Afghan security forces largely defeated, here f...
- Taliban offer three-month ceasefire in return for prisoner releaseThe crossing provides direct access to Pakistan's Balochistan province -- where the Taliban's top leadership has been based for decades -- ...
- Former Afghan president says US failed in war-torn countryIn an interview with The Associated Press just weeks before the last US and NATO troops leave Afghanistan, ending their forever war, Hamid ...
- Biden administration to review US-Taliban dealThe Trump administration had signed the peace deal with Taliban in February last in Doha. The accord drew up plans for withdrawal of US tro...
- Afghan army: Two officers killed by roadside bomb in northern Balkh provinceThe attack was the latest amid relentless violence in Afghanistan even as Taliban and Afghan government negotiators hold talks in Qatar, tr...
- Afghanistan president names council for peace deal with TalibanAfghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree late Saturday establishing the 46-member council, led by his former rival in last year's pres...
- Afghan forces killed in first 'Taliban attack' since ceasefire endThe temporary truce ended on Tuesday but a lull in the country's grinding violence has largely held, raising hopes that the militants and K...
- Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacksThe decision not to release the data comes as the Trump administration is eager for the U.S.-Taliban agreement to be seen as successful so ...
- China, Pakistan, US, Russia participate in virtual discussion on Afghanistan convened by UNThe discussions on Thursday focused on a "comprehensive peace process in Afghanistan through intra-Afghan negotiations and on the importanc...
- India-US Af-Pak initiative pushed back due to Covid-19Esper’s proposed visit, close on the heels on the US President’s India trip, was aimed at dialogue on Af-Pak situation and expansion of def...
- US hits Taliban with air strike: Military spokesmanNews of the airstrike in southern Helmand province -- the first in 11 days -- came hours after US President Donald Trump told reporters he ...
- Taliban attacks kill 20 army, police, hours after Trump call: Officials"Taliban fighters attacked at least three army outposts in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz last night, killing at least 10 soldiers and four ...
- China acknowledges hosting Taliban's chief peace negotiator for talksMullah Baradar, one of the four top commanders who formed the Taliban in 1994, was released from jail last year by the Pakistan government....
- Taliban hold talks with US envoy in QatarThe talks are aimed at renewing the Afghan peace process and eventually winding down America's longest war.
- Taliban demand Benazir's murder suspects' releaseThe kidnappers of missing Pakistan envoy Tariq Azizuddin have reportedly demanded the release of 12 prisoners, including the men suspected ...
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