Kabul regime lost more territory to Taliban in 2018, U.S admits
News Analysis | The office of the Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a US body mandated with preparing quarterly reports regarding the situation in...
Who desires peace in Afghanistan and who does not?
Brig (Retd) Ishaq Ahmed | Who wants peace in Afghanistan and in the region, the query that at times is raised at various platforms? War...
US-Afghan peace talks: Long way to go before ‘drafted agreement’
News Analysis | New York Times has reported that both the United States of America and the Taliban, parties to the ongoing dialogue vis-Ã -vis Afghanistan,...
Trump-Imran meeting possible after Afghan talks: Fawad
News Analysis | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that Pakistan’s role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiation table has been appreciated by US...
Apparent breakthrough in Afghan peace talks
Asif Haroon Raja | By the time Barak Obama completed his second term in office, the tenacious battle between the ISAF-ANSF and the Taliban...
US-Taliban talks: As hopes rise of a deal, what comes next?
AFP | More than 17 years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, Washington and the Taliban appear closer than ever to some sort of agreement...
Taliban continue peace talks amid violence
News Analysis | The United States for the first time has confirmed on Wednesday (today) that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban,...
Second US soldier of 2019 killed in Afghanistan
AFP | An American soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO said, the second to die as a result of the conflict so far...
US officials converge on Pakistan seeking Afghan peace – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | After a successful mission to Turkey this weekend on US President Trump’s behalf, his leading Republican ally Senator Lindsey Graham is...
Recent statement from Taliban snubs U.S plans for the region
News Analysis | Taliban and the United States of America once again have engaged in the second round of formal dialogue process in a bid...
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: Past’s terrorist becomes presidential candidate
News Desk | Notorious warlord and world-renowned terrorist Gulbuddin Hikmatyar announced his candidacy for the Afghan presidential election on Saturday, presenting President Ghani with yet...
Can Pakistan bring back Afghan Taliban to the table?
News Desk | Pakistan is  increasing pressure upon Taliban to return to the negotiation table with the US. Zalmay Khalilzad is expecting to meet Afghan...