Pakistan has promised to take steps for release of Afghan prisoners, the group said on Wednesday. Read more

NATO sees “encouraging progress” in efforts for peace in Afghanistan, chief of the alliance said on Wednesday. Read more

Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, has said that he will visit Pakistan after launch of intra-Afghan talks. Read more

Pakistan urged the Taliban to start intra-Afghan peace negotiations soon, as its foreign minister met with visiting officials of the group in Islamabad on Tuesday. Read more

Floods brought by heavy rains have killed at least 100 people in Afghanistan’s central Parwan province, officials said on Wednesday. Read more

Afghan central bank’s acting governor, Ajmal Ahmadi, has come under fire for blocking his critics on Twitter. Read more

Afghan female lawmakers sent a letter to the US Congress on Sunday, urging it to closely monitor the peace process which they cited concerns about. Read more

India has pledged to finance renovation of Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress built around the 5th century in Kabul. Read more

Saba Sahar, an actress and an employee of the Interior Ministry, was injured in a shooting in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday. Read more

A truck bomb exploded in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Tuesday, causing dozens of casualties, army said. Read more