The United States and the United Kingdom have called for intra-Afghan peace talks to begin ‘without delay’. Read more

Afghan cabinet’s law committee on Monday approved a proposal to include mother’s name on national identity cards. Read more

Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Monday called on Pentagon and State Department officials to testify on Afghanistan policy next week. Read more

A car bomb and gunfire targeted an Afghan forces base in Gardez city, capital of eastern Paktia province, on Tuesday, official said. Read more

Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, on Monday rejected a decree by President Ashraf Ghani on the appointment of members of the council. Read more

Afghan government on Monday announced more nominees for cabinet posts, completing the process more than three months after a political deal between President Ashraf Ghani and his former elec... Read more

An urgent manhunt is underway for an Afghan father who abducted his three sons from their foster home in London. Read more

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s senior adviser on public affairs was killed in an attack in capital Kabul on Sunday evening. Read more

Taliban violated Doha peace deal with firing rockets at a US military base and a joint US-Afghan airfield in southern Afghanistan in recent weeks, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Read more

Peace does not mean a power sharing deal, but an end to violence, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday. Read more