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
Hizb-i-Islami leader Gulbduddin Hekmatyar on Sunday revealed details of his meeting with President Ashraf Ghani in former president Hamid Karzai’s residence earlier this month. Hekmaty... Read more
US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the greatest threat and likelihood of attack from al Qaeda or ISIS was not going to be from Afghanistan, but other regions. “The greatest thr... Read more
Afghan security forces are strong enough to stand on their own feet without international troops to back them, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. “I think that th... Read more
Al Qaeda continues to thrive in Afghanistan under Taliban protection, and remains connected to its franchises across the globe, CNN reported on Friday citing Afghan intelligence officials. T... Read more
The United States is “rapidly” making plans to evacuate Afghan interpreters who worked for the US military, US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Mark Milley has said. Milley said a... Read more
Afghan Women’s Network in a letter to the Taliban on Thursday urged the group to genuinely engage in negotiations. The network said that it was dismayed by “discrepancy” in... Read more
