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Just two days before the death of most wanted terrorist Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri – the mastermind of September 11, 2001 attacks — CNN-News18 spoke exclusively to chief of Haqqani network and interior minister of Afghanistan Sirajuddin Haqqani, around 1 km from Sherpur location where Zawahiri was killed in ...

In the chaos of the American military withdrawal and the Taliban takeover this summer, thousands of American-made weapons and tons of military equipment were seized by the militants as government military bases surrendered or were overrun. With the Taliban in power, more American weapons and military accessories are now ...

About 600 Taliban fighters were killed on Saturday in Afghanistan’s northeastern Panjshir province, the stronghold of resistance against the insurgent group in the country, Sputnik News reported. National Resistance Front’s official spokesperson Fahim Dashti on Saturday claimed that several Taliban fighters had either been captured or had surrendered. He ...

New Delhi: Former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor said Afghanistan could become a base for Pakistan-backed terrorism and India needs to be extremely vigilant regarding the Taliban crisis. "There`s going to be a base (in Afghanistan) for very hostile Pak-backed terrorist elements targeting us and potentially ...

The top Afghan negotiator in peace talks with the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, is slated to visit New Delhi later this week to muster support for the Afghan peace process and strengthen regional consensus. Abdullah will meet with Indian officials on Afghan peace and bilateral relations ...

Direct talks between negotiating teams representing Afghanistan government and the Taliban were still pending 22 days after the opening ceremony of the intra-Afghan talks in Doha. Since September 12, the two sides have held seven contact group meetings, but could not agree on two disputed ...