US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his visit to Kabul on Wednesday. Read more

Death toll has risen to 16 following Tuesday’s explosion at a coal mine in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province, local officials said. Read more

Afghanistan will have lasting peace only if there is intra-Afghan negotiations, an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led process, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. Read more

The Taliban have begun putting together their agenda for negotiations with the political leadership in Kabul, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Read more

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has met Taliban deputy leader in Doha and Pakistan army chief in Islamabad. Read more