The Taliban have maintained a close relationship with Al Qaeda despite having pledged to stop cooperating with terrorist groups, permitting the militants to conduct training in Afghanistan a... Read more

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that her country will withdraw the last of its military personnel from Afghanistan in May. She said that Afghanistan’s peace pro... Read more

NATO will not leave Afghanistan before the time is right, chief of the alliance said Monday. “While no Ally wants to stay in Afghanistan longer than necessary, we will not leave before the t... Read more

Sixty-five journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders were killed in Afghanistan between 1 January 2018 and 31 January 2021, the United Nations said in a report released Mon... Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the threat from the Islamic State and al-Qaida in conflict areas including Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, UN experts said in a new report. The report to the... Read more

Hizb-i-Islami leader Gulbduddin Hekmatyar on Sunday warned that his followers will surround the presidential palace and force end of existing rule if the government doesn’t implement t... Read more

Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has suggested that his country’s military mission in Afghanistan should be extended beyond its expiration in March. Peace negotiations betwe... Read more

At least 17 human rights defenders were murdered in Afghanistan in 2020, an advocacy group said in a report. This is the highest total for a single year in the country since the start of the... Read more

Afghanistan will launch COVID-19 vaccination drive with India assissted vaccines next week, officials said Thursday. Afghanistan on Sunday received 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated... Read more

India has said that terrorist groups enjoying safe havens in Pakistan have disrupted the peace process in Afghanistan. “It is essential that we don’t lose sight of the ease with... Read more