Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his country is pushing for a political settlement in Afghanistan before foreign troops leave later this year, to reduce the risk of civil war... Read more
Lifting of sanctions on the Taliban requires significant progress in peace talks and a stop to violence, EU special envoy to Afghanistan has said. Tomas Niklasson, who was visiting Kabul and... Read more
As COVID-19 cases have increased sharply in Afghanistan, the United States embassy is “strongly” has suggested that its citizens make plans to leave the country as soon as possib... Read more
The Taliban has begun to tighten its control over al Qaeda by gathering information on foreign terrorist fighters and registering and restricting them, independent UN sanctions monitors have... Read more
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has asked International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and media workers in Afghanistan since March 2020... Read more
NATO defence ministers met virtually on Tuesday to discuss preparations for the alliance’s upcoming summit and the way forward in Afghanistan. The ministers agreed that continued suppo... Read more
Afghan women’s rights advocate and peace negotiator, Fawzia Koofi, has been named as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders of 2021 by Fortune magazine. Koofi, a former member of... Read more
The security situation in Afghanistan remains very difficult and challenging, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Speaking in a press conference ahead of meetings of NATO... Read more
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday called for peace negotiations to be moved to home country. Speaking at an event in Kabul, Karzai suggested that negotiations are not making pro... Read more
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that the Taliban aim to kill him, but he wants to hug them. In a lecture at Kabul University, Ghani said that the Taliban cannot win militarily, but th... Read more
