Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR), on Thursday said the system will collapse if Afghan leaders do not forge a consensus on the issues of national importance. Speaking at the 10th assassination anniversary of Gen. Daud Daud, the former commander of 303 Pamir corps in Kabul, Abdullah called on Afghan political leaders to put […]

At least 4 people were killed and five more wounded after a blast hit a passenger car in the Kot-e-Sangi area in PD5 of Kabul city, according to Afghan security officials. Four hours before the blast, at least four civilians were killed, including two women, and four others were wounded–including one child and a woman–in an earlier blast in Kabul […]

China will chair a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday as Beijing looks to step up its engagement with both Kabul and Islamabad amid the withdrawal of U.S. forces. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday the fourth meeting between the three countries’ foreign ministers will be held via video link and would be chaired by […]

Six Pakistani members of al-Qaeda on the Indian Subcontinent, along with eight Taliban members were killed in airstrikes on hideouts on Wednesday in Helmand Province. According to the Ministry of Defense, a local al-Qaeda leader, Abbas, was among those killed in the airstrikes on Nawa district of Helmand. A prominent Taliban commander, Mullah Shafiq, was also resportedly wounded in the […]

The US military says air and ground operations it conducted in Afghanistan last year unintentionally killed 20 civilians. According to an annual report on civilian casualties submitted to Congress, the US Department of Defense (DoD) “assesses that there were approximately 23 civilians killed and approximately 10 civilians injured during 2020 as a result of US military operations.” The Pentagon said […]

At least eight people were killed or wounded in a blast on Thursday in Kabul city, police said. Kabul police said the incident occurred in PD6 in Charqala area when a private car was targeted in a magnetic IED explosion. Four people were killed and more than four were wounded in the blast, police said. The wounded victims were taken […]

To CGTN, people who worked with German forces say they have been abandoned and completely forgotten. “We have been identified by the Taliban militants and we have a lot of concerns. We fear for our lives,” says former translator Wahid Abdul, adding, “We cannot go anywhere, we cannot go outside.” Abdul worked with the German army for a decade, during […]

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) foreign and defence ministers agreed on Tuesday to continue supporting the Afghan community even after the withdrawal of forces from Kabul, according to the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Addressing a press conference following a virtual meeting of NATO defence ministers, Stoltenberg said “ministers agreed that this continued support is the best way in which […]

NATO’ chief Jens Stoltenberg says the military organisation’s pullout from Afghanistan is going well, without making a reference to the series of attacks that not only claimed 10 lives, but plunged the country’s capital, Kabul, into darkness. At least three bombs have rattled the Afghan capital Kabul killing at least 10 people and plunging the city into darkness, an Afghan […]

Four security force members were killed in a car bomb attack by the Taliban on the police headquarters in Baghlan-e-Markazi district in the northern province of Baghlan on Monday evening, officials said Tuesday. The attack took place at around 6:30 pm local time when a Humvee loaded with explosives was detonated near the police headquarters in the district, Baghlan police […]