U.S special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad following his arrival in Kabul on Saturday held meetings with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah Head of High Council for National Reconciliation.
The US State Department spokesperson says the Turkey conference is aimed to accelerate the Afghan peace efforts.
The plane was about to descend when the control tower informed of the closure of the airport
U.S special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad following his arrival in Kabul on Saturday held meetings with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah Head of High Council for National Reconciliation.
A massive fire broke out at a liquid gas facility north of Herat city on Saturday morning, local officials confirmed.
The Pentagon condemned the Taliban attack on a Kandahar air base Wednesday, where several hundred U.S. troops are based, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a press briefing.
US President Joe Biden may extend the stay of American forces in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline for completing, says a media report.
Sources said the details of the agenda handed to the negotiators will be made public if they are accepted by the two sides.
Mohammad Karim Khalili, former vice president and leader of the Hizb-e-Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party, warned on Tuesday that the war in the country could intensify if the peace process fails.
Russia’s foreign minister arrived Tuesday in Pakistan for a two-day visit expected to focus on efforts to bring peace to neighbouring Afghanistan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said India is an important player in the political settlement in Afghanistan and that it should be engaged in international efforts supporting the Afghan peace efforts. Quoted by Hindustan Times in a report Tuesday,
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani underwent prostate surgery in Kabul yesterday and is in good health, according to officials.
The removal of any US troops from Afghanistan would be orderly and in consultation with its allies and partners, the Biden Administration said.
At least two civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded in an explosion in Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, local security sources said.
Moscow is now a major player both in India’s west and east, compounding the country’s Russia dilemma.
The Taliban has rejected their involvement in the drugs and narcotics trade.
A security officer was martyred and four others were injured in an explosion in Qarabagh district of Kabul this morning.
In Afghan National Defense and Security operations at least 75 Taliban militants including five suicide bombers were killed in Kandahar Province.
One ANA soldier was killed and three others were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Paghman district of Kabul city on Sunday.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hizb-e-Islami leader among his supporters on Friday demanded President Ashraf Ghani to resign for his failure to fix the security and disruption at the peace process.
The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) senior members, including a prosecutor who had launched an investigation into alleged war crimes by US military personnel in Afghanistan.
