US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said late on Wednesday that “we are approaching an important stage in the Afghan peace process.” Read more

A bomb exploded in Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding two others, police said. Read more

Three Afghan electoral teams on Wednesday jointly urged the Attorney General’s Office to prosecute election commissioner Mohammad Hanif Danishyar for allegedly faking age. Read more

Islamic State fighters are arriving from Syria and Iraq primarily through Pakistan, a top Russian security official said on Wednesday. Read more

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad was in Kabul on Wednesday, after holding talks with the Taliban and Pakistan officials. Read more

US negotiators have demanded the Taliban to agree to a 10-day ceasefire, warning the peace process could be stopped again if the group does not comply, Arab News reported. Read more

Peace will be paramount issue for the incoming government in Afghanistan, the United Nations envoy to the war-torn country said on Monday. Read more

Visiting Kabul, US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Monday that President Donald Trump could reduce troops in Afghanistan to 8,600. Read more

At least 22 people were injured when an explosion went off in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital city of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Tuesday, hospital officials said. Read more

At least 10 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb hit the vehicle they were travelling in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province on Tuesday morning, officials said. Read more