Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced the names of the appointed members and leaders of the country’s High Council for National Reconciliation, a body tasked with leading peace negotiations with the Taliban.
The latest clashes and explosions in Afghanistan have killed 81 people and injured dozens.
Tehran (IP)- A senior Iran diplomat said that Afghanistan's problems have no military solution and the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country is a necessary step towards peace in Afghanistan.
Ninety members of the Taliban were killed in clashes with Afghan forces.
Tehran (IP)- Rejecting the US Secretary of State's baseless accusations against Iran for sending weapons to the Taliban, Iran's newly appointed foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said: "Today what is happening in Afghanistan is the result of incitement to war and US intervention in Afghanistan."
On the second day of the Afghanistan's grand consultative council for peace ‘Loya Jirga’, majority of the members voted in favor of releasing 400 Taliban prisoners.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Taliban political deputy Abdul Ghani Baradar discussed the Afghan peace process by video conference Monday night.
ISIS terrorist remnants attacked on a jail compound in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least three people, injuring dozens, and triggering heavy fighting in which scores of prisoners escaped.
The office of Afghanistan's National Security Council (NSC) said that 46 civilians were killed and 93 wounded in Taliban attacks in the past week.
An Airstrike in Afghanistan has killed a number of senior Taliban members.