A member of the United Nations staff working in Kabul and her son, who were kidnapped in January, have been released, the UN’s mission in Afghanistan said on Thursday, expressing outrage at the death of her driver during the abduction.
A member of the United Nations staff working in Kabul and her son, who were kidnapped in January, have been released, the UN’s mission in Afghanistan said on Thursday, expressing outrage at the death of her driver during the abduction.
India and Russia have agreed to undertake a joint project, possibly in the development sector, in Afghanistan, an Indian newspaper reported.
The leader of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Hafiz Saeed claims that the United States blames Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan while accusing Washington of using ISIS as a weapon against the Muslim countries.
The Global Witness organization has reported that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) is extracting Talc from the deposits/mines in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
The Taliban militants launched a large scale attack on two districts of southeastern Ghazni province amid reports several security personnel have lost their lives during the clashes.
Afghan local official in eastern Nangarhar province said two explosions hit a voter registration center in the province on Monday.
The Taliban group has threatened to carry out attacks on security institutions in Kabul as part of their spring offensive, urging the civilians to stay away from such compounds amid growing criticisms that such attacks mostly lead to civilian casualties.
An aide to General Abdul Rashid Dostum said that Dostum is to return home within at least ten days after he had a phone conversation with President Ghani who was also in Turkey on Friday.
Afghan officials said that air strikes in eastern Paktika province killed at least nine militants affiliated with Haqqani network.
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), through its representative mission in Afghanistan, has concluded a project to provide clean drinking water in south and southeastern Afghanistan, with a total budget of $400,000.
US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on Tehran threatens to derail a project to help build Afghanistan’s economy, endangering a key goal of the US strategy to end America’s longest war.
Russia said the U.S. will have to drop its opposition to negotiating directly with the Taliban on the eventual pullout of American troops from Afghanistan or face a grinding and bloody war for years to come.
At least eight people including one child were killed after militants detonated three IEDs in a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province.
This was Pompeo’s first call with Ghani after he became the Secretary of State last month, replacing Rex Tillerson.
Kabul police have reportedly confirmed an explosion in Kabul; no more details have yet been revealed.
Senior Pakistani and Afghan officials will meet in Islamabad today (Monday) to review progress on agreements in a series of talks under a bilateral mechanism, Pakistani and Afghan officials said Sunday.
Afghan defense minister Tariq Shah Bahrami leading a high level military delegation left Kabul on Saturday morning for Tehran.
New air corridors between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia as well as Turkey will be inaugurated next amid ongoing efforts to boost the exports of the country.
Afghan security officials say the security plan for voter registration centers in provincial centers has been revised and improved.
At least five militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed by their own comrades in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
