Abid has found an unlikely combat role in a country where most such jobs are taken up by the Afghan security forces and the Taliban as fighting between the two sides continues.

A new wave of violence and a growing uncertainty about the country’s future have left Afghans in the capital with a constant sense of fear. In Kabul’s uncertain present, fear and dread intertwine in a vise. Fear has become a way of life.

Ghani, addressing the Taliban, said: “Terror, crime and violence are not the solutions to the problem.” Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Kabul around 830am on Sunday, Kabul police reported, and two female judges of the Supreme Court were killed and two other people–the driver and another female–were wounded in the attack, according to the Presidential Palace.

Gunmen shot dead two female Afghan judges working for the Supreme Court in an ambush in the country’s capital on Sunday, officials said, an attack that the top US envoy in Kabul blamed on the Taliban. Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government – especially in Kabul, where a new […]

Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court during an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation.

The commander of the Afghan Army’s 111 Division says there is “no concern” about foreign forces withdrawal. An army commander on Sunday said that the Taliban is trying to “conduct terrorist activities” in areas near the capital city but pledged they will be prevented.

Peace negotiators in Doha met on Sunday evening and discussed the agenda of the talks, a negotiator said. Some members from each side in Doha, including the chief negotiators, held a meeting on Sunday evening and discussed the agenda, said Republic negotiator Nader Nadery.

The Human Resource Director of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) Ghulam Mullakhel has been arrested over misuse of authority, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) confirmed on Sunday.

Only 250 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have remained in Afghanistan following the evacuation of hundreds of their community members from cities across the country last year.

The National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib said on Sunday that government will maintain peace by force if intra-Afghan peace negotiations currently underway in Doha fail.