Afghan High Peace Council

July 13, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban suicide team strikes hotel

A Taliban suicide assault team attacked a hotel in the northwestern Afghan province of Badghis earlier today, killing six police officers and two civilians. The attack took place just days after the T...

May 1, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Assassinate Member of Afghan High Peace Council

The Taliban assassinated a member of the Afghan High Peace Council in a complex ambush in Helmand province today. The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since...

April 9, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 5 ISAF Personnel in Southeastern Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan today that killed three Coalition soldiers and two civilian personnel who worked for the Zabul Provincial Reconstructio...

August 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Afghan Intel Kills 5 Members of Haqqani Network Suicide Cell in Kabul

The National Directorate of Security killed five members of the al Qaeda and Pakistan-linked Haqqani Network during a raid in the capital that targeted a suicide assault cell. The NDS has linked...

June 22, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Afghan Soldiers Retake Kabul Hotel After Taliban Assault

Afghan forces stormed a lakeside hotel in Kabul to retake it from a Taliban suicide assault team that was holding dozens of civilians hostage. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack, calling t...

May 14, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Mullah Dadullah Front Claims Assassination of Afghan High Peace Council Member

The Mullah Dadullah Front, a Taliban group closely linked to al Qaeda, claimed credit for yesterday's assassination of a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council. The Mullah D...

May 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Announce Start of Al Farooq Spring Offensive

Today the Taliban announced the beginning of their yearly spring offensive, in an official statement released on their propaganda website, Voice of Jihad. The Taliban statement, which wa...

April 25, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Desperate ‘Longshot’

Some in the Obama administration are desperate to jumpstart peace negotiations with the Taliban in advance of NATO’s summit in Chicago next month. To date, those negotiations have...

January 5, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

White House Denies Deal to Release Taliban Leader

The Guardian (UK) reported yesterday, citing anonymous sources, that the Obama administrati...

January 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Afghan Taliban Announces New ‘Political Office’ in Qatar

The Taliban announced today that it is opening a "political office" in Qatar. According to a translation of the Taliban's message by the SITE Intelligence Group, the office is intended to "s...

December 20, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn

Fantasyland Peace Talks with the Taliban

The Obama administration is still pursuing negotiations with the Taliban, even if it doubts a viable negotiating partner sits across the table. And, as part of this ad hoc diplomatic eff...

December 20, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Taliban Seek Freedom for Dangerous Guantanamo Detainees

The Obama administration is considering repatriating some Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan as part of a diplomatic effort to engage the Taliban,...

September 27, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Shooting at Compound in Kabul Used by Contractors and CIA

A building in Kabul that is rumored to be used by the Central Intelligence Agency came under attack this evening. The attack is the latest in a string of high-profile strikes in the Afghan capita...

March 17, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Afghan Peace Council Reportedly Seeks Talks with Taliban Commanders Held at Gitmo

In written testimony submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Mar. 15, General David Petraeus briefly outlined Afghanistan's efforts to reconcile some Taliban forces. The...

February 7, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Afghan Peace Council Requests Release of Gitmo Detainee

Afghanistan's High Peace Council has requested the release of Khairullah Khairkhwa, a top Taliban leader, from Guantanamo. The council was set up by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 2010 as...