Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is travelling to Doha to meet with Qatari leaders, amid peace talks between the republic and the Taliban in the city. Before visiting Qatar, Ghani left for Kuwa... Read more
At least eight people were killed when an explosion hit the convoy of governor Laghman province in east Afghanistan on Monday, an official said. Rahmatullah Yarmal was travelling from his gu... Read more
More than 580 Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a step for peace have returned to battle, the country’s national security adviser has said. Speaking on 1TV’s Ka... Read more
Nominees for Afghanistan’s cabinet will be presented to the country’s parliament for confirmation within one week, officials said on Saturday. According to the State Ministry for Parliamenta... Read more
At least 18 people were killed when a suicide car bombing went off in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, sources said. Forty others were wounded in the blast which h... Read more
Afghans killing Afghans at this stage makes no sense, NATO’s senior civilian representative in Afghanistan has said. In an interview with 1TV, Stefano Pontecorvo said that a real reduction o... Read more
Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, arrived in Islamabad on Monday to discuss peace efforts with Pakistani leaders. Abdullah’s three-day vi... Read more
At least 60 security forces have been killed since peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban began a week ago, a security source told 1TV on Saturday. Read more
A car bomb targeted convoy of a commander of Afghan intelligence agency National Directorate of Security in northern Balkh province on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eigh... Read more
US President Donald Trump on Friday complimented the Taliban for being ‘very tough’ and ‘very smart’, and said the United States is dealing very well with the group. Read more
