The attack last week on a Pakistani university that killed more than 20 students, teachers and security guards has further divided the Taliban group as one of its commanders quickly claimed responsibility while its central spokesman denied any involvement.
Pakistani army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, on Thursday told Afghan leaders and commander of the foreign forces that the attack on a university was controlled by a Pakistani Taliban leader from the Afghan side of the border.
A second round of four-country talks aimed at reviving peace negotiations with the Taliban was held in Kabul Monday, even as the insurgents wage an unprecedented winter campaign of violence across Afghanistan.
Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China met in Islamabad on Monday to work out a roadmap for the revival of the stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
The second round of four-party meeting on Afghan peace process will be held in Kabul on January 18, Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
A quadrilateral meeting on peace in Afghanistan on Monday issued a joint statement, calling for immediate talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
China's Foreign Ministry said Monday it is willing to support and assist the restarting of the peace process in Afghanistan.
Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday inaugurated the Quadrilateral Coordination Committee meeting on Afghan peace process in Islamabad.
British military personnel have been deployed to Afghanistan to help local forces as they fought to take control of a key town seized by Taliban, local media reported Tuesday.
At the end of the first year of its transformation decade, the Afghan government still grappled with deteriorating security situations and the flagging economy amid intensified fighting and less international support, a senior UN official said here Monday.
The conclusion of the NATO-led forces combat mission in Afghanistan in late 2014 and withdrawal of major parts of the more than 120,000-strong combat troops has negatively affected the economy of the foreign-aid dependent country.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday formally approved Afghanistan's membership at its 10th ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
A"process of consultations will begin in the coming days" to discuss strategy for the resumption of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said officials and diplomatic sources late Friday night.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Wednesday that China is willing to see the United States play a "positive and constructive" role in Afghanistan's peace process.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated here Wednesday the determination of the threeir countries to work for Afghanistan's peace process.
President Obama is reportedly rethinking the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan because of the recent gains made by the Taliban in that country.
Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan John Campbell acknowledged Tuesday a U.S. airstrike "mistakenly" struck a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Saturday that killed 22 civilians.
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