The Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah says that a lasting ceasefire will be the first issue that the Afghan delegation would...
The Chinese technology giant Tencent has lost nearly $34 billion of its market after the Indian government banned the company’s popular game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile....
The Afghan forces thwarted a Taliban attack on security checkpoints in southern Kandahar province, killing at least 15 militants, the Defense Ministry (MoD) confirmed. The MoD...
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Deborah Lyons, said Thursday Afghanistan remains the worst country for...
The UNHCR Representative in Pakistan, Noriko Yoshida Thursday inaugurated a skills development project aimed at improving skills and income-generating capacity for local and Afghan refugee women...
Clashes broke out Thursday night between Afghan security forces and Pakistani troops along the Durand Line in Mohmand Dara district in Nangarhar province, officials have confirmed. ...
Thursday marked a historic day for Afghanistan as all Taliban prisoners, except for seven, were freed and a number of Afghan National Army Commandos held captive...
Afghanistan will transfer seven ‘hardcore’ prisoners to Qatar, officials from the Afghan government and members of the Taliban told Reuters on Thursday. According to one official,...
Masoom Stanekzai, the head of the Afghan negotiating team, said Thursday that intra-Afghan negotiations with the Taliban would start “soon”. In a Twitter post, Stanekzai said:...
The United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres noted “with concern” the move by the United States to impose sanctions against the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal...
The Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed reports that Turkey refused to allow a German military aircraft to fly over its airspace to pick up Armenian soldiers due...
A motorcycle bomb exploded Wednesday night in Helmand’s Garmsir district injuring four civilians, officials confirmed. Governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak said the explosive-laden motorcycle was detonated at...
The United States has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, over her continued investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in...
An Afghan company officially launched its range of vehicles this week, which it hopes will appeal to the local market and replace sales of imported models. ...
Faraidoon Khawzon, a spokesman for the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), said on Wednesday that as soon as the prisoner release process has been completed...
Over 200,000 unaccompanied children sought asylum in Europe over the past five years, with the highest percentage from Afghanistan. In a new report by Save the...
China has a battle force of about 350 ships and submarines – making it the largest navy in the world, a new report states. The US...
The Afghan government has resumed the prisoner release program after freeing 200 hardcore Taliban prisoners late Tuesday, which could help clear the way for intra-Afghan negotiations. ...
An Afghan Air Force helicopter crashed in Rustaq district in Takhar province on Tuesday afternoon, officials confirmed. According to the governor’s office, the helicopter had been...
Afghanistan’s Cabinet Committee on Legislation on Monday approved a bill to amend the Population Registration Act that would include a mother’s name on Tazkiras. Currently, Tazkiras...