Dawlat Shah in Laghman falls to Taliban

Rahmatullah Yarmal, the governor of Laghman province, said Thursday morning Dawlat Shah district has fallen to the Taliban after security forces were forced to retreat. He...

پس از خبر: هشدار خلیلزاد به طالبان

Pas Az Khabar: US Envoy Khalilzad warns Taliban

Zerbena: Construction of Kabul-Jalalabad highway stopped

Tahawol: Exclusive interview with Hizb-e-Islami Leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

Ghani setting up 8-member council that will include Taliban: Hekmatyar

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, says that President Ashraf Ghani along with a number of politicians has agreed to form an eight-member “decision-making”...

Morning News Show: The Ghani-Abdullah political agreement discussed

Watchdogs call for immediate end to attacks on activists and journalists

Amnesty International along with nine other watchdog organizations said in a joint statement on Wednesday that the Afghan government has failed to adequately respond to complaints...

Tahawol: High Council of State discussed



Sola: President Ashraf Ghani warns Taliban



Taliban ready to start meaningful talks: negotiators

Two members of the Afghan Republic’s negotiating team, who are in Kabul, said on Wednesday that the Taliban is ready to start meaningful negotiations. Habiba Sarabi,...

Wardak MP claims Taliban seized parts of Jalrez district

Taliban militants have captured parts of Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, an Afghan PM said Wednesday. Mahdi Rasikh, MP for Maidan Wardak in the Wolesi...

Dates confirmed for one-off Test against Australia

Afghanistan’s one-off Test against Australia will be held at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena in Australia from November 27 to December 1, the Afghan Cricket Board confirmed Wednesday....

Kirby notes only minor incidents carried out against US forces so far

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said on Tuesday that the US troops withdrawal process is continuing “at pace with nothing more than minor harassing attacks...

US offers $5 million reward for information on kidnapped aid worker

The US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, through its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have offered a reward of...

IOC reassures anxious Japan that Olympics will be safe

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reassured an anxious Japan on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics would be safe for athletes as well as the host community,...

Billions of dollars in contracts at risk due to ‘lack of coordination’

Officials representing defense contractors said billions of dollars in contracts meant to support Afghanistan through U.S. government agencies are at risk during the military drawdown, and...

Watchdog urges unconditional support to protect Afghan women

While donor countries to Afghanistan say they want to keep protecting the human rights of women and girls, a bill introduced in the United States Senate...

Fears of Taliban takeover post troop withdrawal are overblown: Khalilzad

The US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday predictions that the Taliban will quickly overrun Afghan government forces and conquer Kabul once U.S. and...

Five military facilities handed over to Defense Ministry: CENTCOM

U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that about 115 C-17 military cargo loads of material have been flown out of Afghanistan and more than 5,000 pieces of...