Peace in Afghanistan is not simply a matter of allocating provinces and ministries among the various government and Taliban factions, former US special envoy James Dobbins has said. In a com... Read more
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it arrested a joint Haqqani network and Daesh terror cell carrying out targeted killings. The National Directorate of Security in a st... Read more
India and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday for construction of Shahtoot dam on Kabul River basin. The agreement for the project, worth $286 million, was sign... Read more
The Afghan people are tired of war but they are not ready to sell their soul, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has said. Speakimg in an interview with US broadcaster PBS, Saleh said that... Read more
Afghan forces are ready to counter Taliban offensive, security officials said on Saturday. National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said that the Taliban want war and they are not intereste... Read more
NATO faces a difficult decision regarding the presence of its troops in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. “We are faced with a difficult decision,... Read more
The United States should extend the May 1 deadline for withdrawal of all its troops from Afghanistan, and reduce troops depending on progress in peace talks as well as by the Taliban in redu... Read more
French authorities have decided to plaque in Paris in honour of Afghanistan’s national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud. The Paris Council voted unanimously to place a plaque in Paris 8 in trib... Read more
Allegations by detainees of torture in Afghan detention facilities continue at high rates with the procedural rights of those detained largely ignored, a UN report said Wednesday. Torture an... Read more
Taliban attacks in Afghan capital Kabul have increased, a US watchdog has said. The latest quarterly report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) shows t... Read more
