President Ashraf Ghani met with Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, President-elect of Iran, in Tehran early Thursday, the Presidential Palace (ARG) said in a statement. The meeting was...
Herat officials said Thursday morning that the security forces in the province notched up a major achievement by repelling the Taliban overnight after the militants launched...
Gul Ahmad Noorzad, a Nimroz MP, confirmed Thursday morning that the Kang district of the province fell to the Taliban overnight. Noorzad said about 30 security...
Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in Fatehabad area of Sorkh Rud district of Nangarhar province on Thursday morning and have blocked access for motorists along...
The United Nations is ‘deeply concerned’ about the safety and protection of tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan’s Lashkar Gah, who could be trapped by...
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has called on the Afghan government, the Taliban and the international community to support and strengthen efforts to bring about...
Turkish security forces have detained around 300 migrants, mostly Afghans, on Tuesday who were trying to cross into Turkey from the Iranian border, authorities said on...
At least eight people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Tuesday night in a car bomb explosion outside the house of acting defense minister...
Stepping up ongoing efforts to address corruption in Afghanistan remains critical, the UN said Wednesday in a new report. UNAMA’s fifth annual anti-corruption report, titled “Afghanistan’s...
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke with President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday night telephonically and expressed his concern over the sharp escalation of violence by...
The Taliban and the Kabul government are far apart in U.S.-backed talks on bringing peace to Afghanistan, with the insurgents demanding “the lion’s share of power”...
Turkey on Tuesday criticised a U.S. program to offer potential resettlement to Afghans who may be targets of Taliban violence due to their U.S. affiliations, saying...
David Martinon, the French Ambassador to Kabul said this week that France is very disappointed in the slow progress around the peace talks but that the...
The Afghan government on Tuesday announced that it has rolled out its electronic payroll system for government employees – a move that will also cut down...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed its deep concerns over civilians’ casualties in southern Helmand province as the Taliban continue offensives across...
Calls by President Ashraf Ghani and other politicians for the public to rise up against the Taliban and support the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces...
As battles raged across Herat city on Monday night, amid a barrage of attacks by the Taliban, thousands of residents stood on the roofs of their...
The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, said Monday that if the Taliban take over the country by force, they will not win international...
Médecins Sans Frontières reported Tuesday that while fighting has been intense since May in Helmand province, clashes between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban have...
The U.S. and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders...