US President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Afghanistan, William Ruger, has said that it is time to leave the country. Ruger said that the United State had accomplished its g... Read more
Special operations forces were the first US troops deployed in the war in Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago and likely will be the last troops to leave the country, US acting Defense Secretary... Read more
Five health workers were killed after a bomb exploded in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday. Two others were wounded in the blast which happened in Doghabad area of the city. The health workers... Read more
Rahmatullah Nekzad, a freelance videographer and reporter for Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press, was assassinated in Afghanistan’s central-eastern province of Ghazni. Nekzad, who was... Read more
Azerbaijan’s president said on Monday his country is ready to open an embassy in Kabul next year. President Ilham Aliyev said this during a meeting with visiting Afghan National Securi... Read more
Taliban are still receiving financial support and training from al-Qaeda Afrasiab Khattak, Pakistan’s veteran politician and a former member of parliament has said. In interview with 1... Read more
Peace talks should not be delayed under any circumstances and for no excuses, deputy of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation said on Monday. Asadullah Sa’adati,... Read more
The Taliban prefer a political system where the ruler is chosen by a council called Shura-ye Ahl-i Hal-u-Aqd, an Afghan government negotiater suggested. In an interview with 1TV, Mohammad Am... Read more
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Saturday called on the Afghan government and the Taliban to reach a political agreement as soon as possible. Khal... Read more
The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended for one year the mandate of the team monitoring sanctions against individuals and entities associated with the Taliban, emphasizing its... Read more