The Presidential Palace said that the establishment of an interim government is unacceptable. Some Afghan politicians have expressed different views about a draft outline of a future government, which they claim to have seen recently.

In the first incident, a magnetic IED targeted a vehicle in the Macrorayan-e-Char area in Kabul’s PD9. Blasts wounded five in separate incidents in Kabul city and two bodies were found in Deh Sabz district in Kabul province on Sunday, according to security sources and Kabul police.

The first blast happened at around 5am local time in Khogyani district of the province. At lest one policeman was killed and seven others including three civilians were wounded in two separate blasts in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Sunday morning, local officials said.

Now, Iran’s agenda for Afghanistan might exceed soft power to include the use of the Fatemiyoun force, writes Kanishka Nawabi. Iran is a significant player in Afghan internal affairs, presenting a sustained and long-term threat to its national security. The ability of Afghan institutions to identify and counter these threats needs to be improved. In particular, Afghan agencies need to […]

At least one policeman was killed in a car bomb explosion at a check post in Khogyani district in Nangarhar on Saturday morning, local officials confirmed.

Kabul police on Sunday confirmed two explosions were reported in the capital leaving at least two people wounded. The first explosion took place in PD9 and the second in PD12 of Kabul city.

Vice President Amrullah Saleh claimed Sunday that 85 percent of Taliban prisoners who were released as part of the US-Taliban deal have “re-assumed roles in unleashing violence.”

The delegation assigned to probe the recent carnage in Bihsud has called for Allahdad Fedaie, Police Chief of Maidan Wardak, to be suspended and prosecuted.

Amid uncertainty surrounding their peace pact with the United States, the Taliban have curtailed their winter break from fighting, an American media outlet reported on Saturday.

Two people were killed and seven others injured in a car-bombing and roadside blast in southern Kandahar province on Friday.