Intelligence operatives have arrested five members of the Haqqani network in Sharana, the capital of south-eastern of Paktika province, the spy service said on Monday.

Thirty Taliban and Daesh fighters have surrendered and laid down in their weapons in eastern Nangarhar province, the governor’s house said on Monday.

President Ashraf Ghani met with high-ranking officials from Turkmenistan on Saturday where both sides discussed an array of issues including regional connectivity projects and railway links.

A number of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) members on Saturday blasted government for failing to ensure the safety of the people and accused government of not having established an effective security plan.

Some Afghan politicians said on Sunday that President Ashraf Ghani has cultivated new friendships with some of his critics in order to avoid an interim government and to stay in power. This comes after Ghani appointed Mohammad Mohaqiq, head of the Wahdat-i-Islami Party, as his senior political and military adviser and introduced Rahila Dostum as a member of the Wolesi […]

At least three people, including a security force official, were killed in the attack that came as Afghan negotiators are to resume talks with the Taliban aimed at finding an end to decades of relentless conflict. At least three people were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says increase in violence contrary to Taliban’s commitment to peace A senior Afghan government official was among three people killed in the capital Kabul on Sunday, an official confirmed, as violence continues despite the start of the second round of peace talks.

Head of pro-Iran Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami party will meet Pakistani premier, top diplomat An Afghan political party leader will pay a three-day visit to Islamabad on Monday to discuss the ongoing intra-Afghan dialogue with the Pakistani leadership, officials said on Sunday.

The blast occurred around 8:30am local time in the Kart-e-Naw area in PD8 of Kabul city, Kabul police said. Three people were killed–including Zia Wadan, a spokesman for the Public Protection Force–in an explosion in Kabul city on Sunday morning, the Interior Ministry confirmed.

The airstrike took place in Munazari village in Khashrod district on Saturday night. An airstrike in the western province of Nimroz on Saturday night left 18 people dead, all members of one family, said Baz Mohammad Nasir, head of the provincial council in the province.