Sixty percent of the prisoners are addicted to narcotic drugs in the Pul-e-Charkhi prison of Kabul, the Afghan Minister of Public Health said on Sunday. Speaking at the inauguration of a 20-beds drug treatment center at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Dr. Firuzuddin Firuz, the Minister of Public Health said that 20 …

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a presidential candidate and leader of Hezb-e-Islami, said on Sunday that the Afghan government and the participants of the intra-Afghan meeting in Qatar are not aware of what is happening at the meetings in Doha. According to Hekmatyar, the foreign countries have monopolized the Afghan peace process and …

The special forces of the Afghan intelligence agency have arrested four members of the Daesh terrorist group in Kabul, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Sunday. The statement said that the group was involved in the recruitment of fighters and organizing of terror attacks in …

President Ashraf Ghani in a statement condemned the Taliban attack in Ghazni, saying the group must understand that targeting civilians and children cannot earn them privileges in peace talks. Following the attack, Ghani’s office released a statement calling the attack “barbaric and gruesome act of terror” that deliberately targeted civilians, …

At least 12 people were killed and 179 others were wounded in a car bomb blast in the central Ghazni province, officials confirmed. The incident happened after a suicide car bomber targeted a provincial office of the intelligence directorate (NDS) at Shamir Sahib area in PD3 of the provincial capital, …

The U.S. Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday said in a tweet that the last six days of talks have been the most productive session to date. He added that the two sides have made substantive progress on all four parts of a peace agreement: counter-terrorism assurances, troop …

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) suspend three officials after the country’s national cricket team finished with zero points in the Cricket World Cup 2019. Assadullah Khan the Chief Executive of Afghanistan Cricket Board, Naweed Kakar Afghanistan Cricket Team Manager, and Daulat Ahmadzai the Chief Selector are the three suspended officials. …

The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) is expected to issue a warning letter to five presidential candidates including President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah for their premature electoral campaigns. According to the IECC, there are signs of premature electoral campaigns by some presidential candidates that can lead even …

A delegation of Afghan politicians and civil society activists on Saturday arrived in Doha to attend a two-day intra-Afghan dialogue. Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban’s political spokesman on Saturday said in a tweet that the US-Taliban talks continued today. Shaheen added that there will be a pause in the talks on …

At least two people were killed and 20 others wounded in an explosion inside a mosque in the central Ghazni province on Friday evening, local officials confirmed. The blast took place at Khak-e-Ghariban area of the provincial capital, Ghazni city when worshipers were at the evening prayers. Arif Noori, a …

At least 19 Taliban insurgents were killed and 38 others wounded in clashes with Afghan security forces in Khakrez district of southern Kandahar province, local officials said. Nazar Ali, the district police chief told Ariana News that the clash broke out after a large number of militants attacked security outpost …

A Taliban Shadow district governor for WorMamay was killed during ground and air operations by Afghan forces in eastern Paktika province, Defense Ministry (MoD) said in a statement. In a statement released on Saturday, MoD said that the operations were conducted in Wazakha district of the province. During the operations, …

Afghan Delegates left Kabul for Qatar on Saturday morning to attend the intra-Afghan dialogue conference. The conference is scheduled for July 7-8 in Doha, the capital of Qatar, where the Afghan and Taliban representatives will discuss peace. Deputies of High Peace Council, Ata-ur-Rahman Saleem, former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Omar …