Washington has condemned the assassination of Dawa Khan Menapal, the director of the government’s information media center, and said such action by the Taliban will not...
The U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan on Friday questioned the Taliban’s commitment to a political settlement, telling the U.N. Security Council the war has entered a “deadlier and...
The Taliban cannot be trusted to keep their promise to China not to harbour Islamist militants seeking separatism in its Xinjiang region, Afghanistan‘s ambassador to China told...
The Zaranj city of Nimroz province fell to the Taliban on Friday afternoon, sources said. MP Gul Ahmad Noorzad told Ariana News that the militants have...
Dawa khan Menapal, Director of Government media and information center (GMIC), was assassinated in an attack by armed men on Friday afternoon in Kabul city, the...
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...
Abdullah Atefi, a poet and historian from Uruzgan province, was killed Wednesday night, allegedly by the Taliban. According to Mohammad Omar Shirzad, governor of Uruzgan, Atefi...
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...
Life has returned to normal in the Nijrab district of Kapisa province after 13 days of fierce fighting between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces...
The members of the UN Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on the United Nations compound in Herat that took place on Friday...
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”...
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...
The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) and the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) on Monday jointly declared their support for the country’s Republic system,...