'We are going to stay until such time as we have a deal,' says the US President.

In an old video, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf admits his country provided training to Kashmiri militants.

The US and Taliban spent the past year negotiating a deal that would have seen the Pentagon pull troops from Afghanistan.

Senator Maggie Hassan on Friday concluded her trip to Pakistan and landed in India for meetings with the Indian leadership.

The release of three of the five Indian hostages follows key meetings between US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Islamabad.

Would O’Brien be able to meet the elevated challenges in his new role of guiding US security policies and fine-tuning peace talks with hostile groups like the Taliban or bellicose nations?

Malala's remarks drew sharp criticism from Indian members of the Twitterati who questioned her silence on the plight of the girls belonging to the minority community in Pakistan.

US President Donald Trump stunned the world on Saturday when he announced the cancellation of a secret meeting with the Taliban and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at Camp David near Washington.

On Thursday, a Kabul car bomb, claimed by the Taliban killed 12 people, President Trump said, including a US soldier.

The USA’s proposed troop withdrawal deal with the Taliban is a recipe for chaos. Instead, there is a need to create a stable environment for the upcoming presidential elections in Afghanistan.

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi rejected the Taliban's claim and wrote on social media that 'he enemies' claim that gunmen entered the Green Village complex is untrue'.

During the presidential election campaign in 2016, Trump had pledged to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end America's longest war.

The brother of the Taliban chief was among seven people killed when a powerful bomb ripped through the mosque during Friday prayers in Kuchlak area in Pakistan

Delowar Mohammed Hossain of the Bronx was charged on Friday in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support for acts of terrorism, specifically in support of killing US nationals located overseas.

Addressing a Capitol Hill reception in Washington PM Imran Khan says, 'while the US expected us to do more and help the US win the war, Pakistan at that time was fighting for its own existence.'

The Taliban, however, still refuse to engage with Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan Government and have stressed that those who are attending are doing so in their 'personal capacity'

The Taliban attempted an attack near the district governor's office but they were 'pushed back and defeated' by security forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

Last month the two sides held detailed talks and there were indications that they have come closer to end the more than 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan.

Rawat said there should be talks with the Taliban to bring peace in Afghanistan, but asserted that the engagement must be without any preconditions.

Many artists from Afghanistan having fled the country seek refuge in India.