Turkey’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday that a trilateral meeting between foreign ministers from Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan will take place on Friday, April 23, in Istanbul to discuss the Afghan peace process. According to a statement issued by Turkey’s foreign office, a “trilateral meeting between Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan will take place on 23 April […]

The UK government on Wednesday issued a travel warning for Afghanistan and urged all British nationals in the country to consider leaving by commercial means. According to a statement on the UK government’s website, the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to provinces and to the “Enhanced Security Zone in Kabul” and the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Reasons […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said during his visit to Kandahar province that it’s important to maintain a strong republic system and that Afghanistan must allow the foreign troops to withdraw with honor “because they have helped us. “I came to Kandahar to be reassured that nothing will happen [conflict-wise] once the foreigners leave.” Ghani said. “We have always […]

The Afghan government is set to formally demand US and NATO hand over their military equipment during the withdrawal process, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said Thursday. But US-led Resolute Support Mission has not yet said whether it will hand over military equipment to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) or not. However, the Afghan government, the United […]

India has promised continued support to Afghanistan, particularly to its security forces, reports a media outlet. India’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. MM Naravane held out the assurance at a meeting with Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay on Wednesday. The Press Trust of India reported the two sides conferred on bilateral defence cooperation, particularly Afghan forces’ capacity building. India’s medical support […]

A trilateral meeting among foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan will take place in Istanbul on Friday (tomorrow), a statement said on Thursday. In addition to recent developments regarding the Afghan peace process, cooperation in the fields of security, energy, connectivity and irregular migration will be discussed the meeting. On the margins of the meeting, Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu […]

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announced that urgent action is needed to avert a deepening crisis in Afghanistan as one third of the country’s population is going without adequate food due to a worsening drought crisis. “The drought and food crisis is one of the worst suffered in Afghanistan in recent decades, as 13.1 […]

At least nine people, including security force members, were wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted a convoy of the Afghan intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), in Kabul on Tuesday night, a source said on Wednesday. The blast happened at around 9:45 pm local time at Shaheed Roundabout in Kabul’s district 15 while a convoy of […]

The speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Afghanistan’s parliament, on Wednesday said that the Taliban’s unwillingness led to the postponement of the UN-led peace conference on Afghanistan to be held in Turkey. “The Istanbul conference is a historic opportunity for the Taliban, the government and the people of Afghanistan which shouldn’t be wasted,” said Rahmani. “Unfortunately, there […]

The Taliban reportedly asked the US on Tuesday to ensure the release of its prisoners and the removal of UN sanctions on the Taliban’s leaders in exchange for the participation of the group in the Turkey conference, sources close to the group have told TOLOnews. The UN-led Afghan peace conference in Turkey was scheduled to take place on April 24, […]