At least four people have been killed in an ongoing clash between residents and Taliban militants over ushr and zakat, officials said Monday. Read more
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that he had written to US President Donald Trump that an ex-Afghan soldier who killed three Australians in 2012 should not be released... Read more
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday welcomed Afghan government’s decision to release last 400 Taliban prisoners, hoping the process gets... Read more
Afghan grand assembly, known as Loya Jirga, on Sunday announced decision to free 400 hard-core Taliban prisoners to remove last hurdle to peace talks. Read more
At least seven people were killed after a car bomb and gun attack targeted a security forces base in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province on Saturday evening, officials said. Read more
Not to think about reconciliation with the Taliban and driving them away from Afghanistan early on was a bad policy, the country’s acting foreign minister said on Wednesday. Read more
Four individuals, including head of a travel agency in Kabul, who allegedly duped people by promising them visas for Canada and European countries have been arrested. Read more
At least 10 Taliban militants were killed in two separate clashes in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, officials said. Read more
Afghan government will implement any decision that the upcoming consultative Loya Jirga on the fate of 400 Taliban prisoners takes, head of the commission for holding the grand assembly said... Read more
The World Bank’s board of directors on Tuesday approved $210 million in two grants to help cushion impact of COVID-19 on poor households and protect food security, the Bank said in a s... Read more
