The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned the recent abduction and killing of six civilians in Herat province in western Afghanistan, said Farhan Haq, the UN associate spokesman.
Afghan security forces raided Taliban hideouts in their former strongholds the southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces, killing over a dozen Taliban fighters and arresting a dozen other on Saturday, officials said Sunday.
The governor of Ghazni province, Musa Khan Akbarzada, confirmed Thursday that parliamentarian Freeba Kakar of Kandahar province has been kidnapped by Taliban militants and is in the outfit's custody.
Twenty-two Taliban militants surrendered in the western Afghan province of Herat, the provincial governor said.
Thirty-two militants have been killed in various Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours, said the country's Interior Ministry on Friday.
Pakistan admitted on Thursday that the Afghan reconciliation process face many challenges but all sides will have to show patience to achieve the goal of elusive peace.
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected remarks by Afghan army chief that Pakistan controlled and gave shelter to Afghan Taliban leaders, and deliberately unleashed fighters on Afghanistan.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Tuesday stressed the importance of Afghan-led reconciliation efforts, as a row over the Taliban office has derailed peace efforts in the country.
The Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday said the government is still willing to send a delegate to Doha, the capital of the Gulf state of Qatar, to kick off peace talks with the Taliban.
The provincial police chief of southern Afghan province of Helmand escaped unharmed a suicidal car bomb attack, which wounded three policemen, officials said on Monday.
A suicide car bomb went off near a NATO base in Naw Zad district in southern Afghan province of Helmand on Thursday evening, causing casualties.
A local Taliban leader has been killed in an operation in southern Afghan province of Kandahar
Clash between Taliban militants and pro-government villagers in Andar district of Ghazni province, 125 km south of Kabul, has left 31 Taliban fighters dead on Friday.
Pakistani Taliban confirmed that their deputy chief Waliur Rehman was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Wednesday and also withdrew their peace dialogue offer to the new government, local media reported Thursday.
Incoming Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif Monday said on Monday Taliban's offer for peace talks should be taken seriously as every issue cannot be solved through use of power and bullet, local media reported.
The Afghan Taliban has intensified attacks since weekend when the insurgent group launched an annual rebel offensive, killing nearly 35 people across the country.
Thirteen insurgents have been killed in operations launched by Afghan forces and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said the ISAF's Regional Command-East in a press release on Wednesday.
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