A senior Afghan military official said this week that if the US pulls out without a political settlement having been reached between government and the Taliban,...
Al Qaeda and its regional branch, Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, continue to operate across Afghanistan despite repeated claims by the Taliban that the group...
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Kabul for talks with government leaders, including the chairman of the High Council for Naitonal...
The Pentagon condemned the Taliban attack on a Kandahar air base Wednesday, where several hundred U.S. troops are based, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a...
The Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that 229 Afghan Air Force (AAF) officers from the 777 Mission Wing graduated from an advanced military training...
Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Wednesday that Kabul police have arrested an 11-member Taliban group suspected of having killed a number of people...
Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due in Islamabad on Tuesday on a two-day official visit for talks on bilateral and regional matters, with special focus...
As the May 1 deadline for the US troop withdrawal nears, and efforts to secure a peace deal are ramped up, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai...
With just over three weeks to go before the May 1 troop withdrawal deadline, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that US President...
At least five policemen were killed in Kabul and Nangarhar provinces in the past 12 hours, officials said Tuesday. One police force member was killed and...
Clerics and scholars in Iran have declared their full support for a ceasefire and the end to hostilities and bloodshed in Afghanistan, following a joint symposium...
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report that the primary sources of income for the Taliban are narcotics, illicit mining, and...
At least 51 Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) members have been killed or wounded in the past 24 hours in clashes with Taliban insurgents...
Sarwar Danish, Second Vice President, said Sunday that preservation of the Afghan Constitution and Elections are two main roadmaps of the government for achieving a durable...
The Afghan forces have arrested two key Taliban members in northern Baghlan province, police said Sunday. Ahmad Jawid Bisharat, a spokesman for Baghlan police, said that...
At least 75 Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers killed on Saturday in Kandahar province, the Afghan military said. The 205 Atal Corps said in a statement...
At least 26 Taliban members including three commanders were killed and 33 others wounded in an Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) operation in Faryab...
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Taliban of “deliberately” targeting journalists and other media workers, including women in Afghanistan. The watchdog said in a statement...
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with the Islamic Republic and Taliban negotiating teams in Doha this week to “push for further...
Sharifullah Sharifi, Commander of Special Unit of Baghlan Police, was killed in a Taliban ambush late on Thursday night in northern Baghlan province, sources said. Sources...