Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility on Twitter for the explosions
The blasts were near Kabul University and the Karte Sakhi shrine
The strikes were carried out in Ghazni province late Wednesday, where the defence ministry said they...
The 16 days of talks, in which the United States also sought assurances that the Taliban would not allow...
Large number of Taliban insurgents had launched attacks on several army posts in the province's Bala...
Dam spent more than five years researching the book and interviewed Jabbar Omari, Omar's bodyguard...
Militants fired mortar bombs at the gathering on Thursday
'All five attackers have been killed by security forces'
Some 5,000 people were displaced in Kandahar alone
Pakistani officials said their ability to support Afghan peace talks could be in jeopardy in the event...
The latest meetings follow marathon talks last month that saw the US and the Taliban walk away with a...
The talks would come a week ahead of previously scheduled negotiations between the two sides in Qatar...
Shanahan, who will meet US troops and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on his first trip in his new...
Critics are skeptical about the talks for a number of reasons, primarily because they have not yet included...
No government official was invited to the roundtable, which saw heavyweight Afghan politicians and other...
US and Taliban delegations met in Qatar in January and are due to meet again in February
After 17 years of war in Afghanistan, Trump praised 'the unmatched valor' of US forces
The Doha and Moscow discussions, though entirely separate, both excluded the government in Kabul
The marathon negotiations ended with both sides touting 'progress' - spurring Afghan fears the...
The push for peace comes as the Taliban, ousted by US-led forces in 2001
US officials have been holding talks in Qatar with the Taliban on a framework for peace negotiations,...
