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
International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the Taliban’s deal with the United States, Reuters reported Sunday, citing NATO sources. “Th... Read more
The Taliban bears responsibility for the majority of this targeted violence, and its attacks undermine state institutions and contribute to an insecure environment in which terrorist and cri... Read more
The latest global corruption index indicates that Afghanistan has made improvement in the fight against the menace. The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index ranks Afghanistan in 165th place on... Read more
Taliban leaders are determined to fight the United States, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Wednesday, after meeting a visiting Taliban deleg... Read more
The vibrant Afghan media scene has been one of the biggest successes of the last two decades, and cannot be allowed to falter in the face of growing insecurity, the embassies of the United K... Read more
New US defense chief is expected to review troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq in an effort to examine American strategy in two conflicts, following Trump’s withdrawal of troops, the... Read more
The US Treasury Department earlier this month said that al Qaeda was “gaining strength in Afghanistan while continuing to operate with the Taliban under the Taliban’s protection,” the... Read more
