US Defense Secretary Mark Esper sent a classified memo to the White House this month expressing concerns about additional troop cuts in Afghanistan, before President Donald Trump fired him,... Read more
Afghan authorities have arrested a man for planning an attack on Kabul University last week that killed at least 22 people, the country’s vice president said on Saturday. Adil, who had pursu... Read more
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced formation of a commission to fight corruption. The commission will have five members including two men and two women, the president said w... Read more
Aziz Yuldash, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), has been killed by Afghan forces in northern Faryab province, Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Yuldash was k... Read more
An Afghan journalist was killed after a magnetic bomb struck his vehicle in southern Helmand province on Thursday. Mohammad Elyas Dayee, who worked with Radio Azadi, was killed in the provin... Read more
Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage (ARCH), a US-based non-profit group, in a petition has called for protection of cultural heritage in Afghanistan amid peace talks between th... Read more
Taliban militants extort up to one million afghanis daily from coal transporters in northern Samangan province, local officials said. Mohammad Dawood Kalakani, the governor of Samangan, said... Read more
An Afghan military helicopter crashes in the country’s eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, killing two people, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The crash happened due to tech... Read more
Only four to eight percent of Afghan people support the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani said addressing a summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Tuesday. The president said that opin... Read more
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it killed a leader of al Qaeda for the Indian Subcontinent in western Farah province. Mohammad Haneef, nicknamed as Abdullah, was killed in... Read more
