The United Nations said Wednesday night it was deeply concerned by US President Donald Trump’s move to pardon four former Blackwater security contractors convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. “We are deeply concerned by the recent US presidential pardons for four security guards from the private military firm Blackwater who were convicted for killing 14 Iraqi civilians.

Wolesi Jirga speaker and some members on Monday strongly reacted to First Lady Rula Ghani’s recent remarks, saying her ‘unforgiveable’ insult to the lower house should be investigated.

Two Chechen militants were killed during an operation in central Logar province, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.

An army official was killed and three others were wounded in a car-bomb attack on a military base in the Dawlatabad district of northwestern Faryab province, a source said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan and Azerbaijan agree there is a good potential for expanding bilateral cooperation in different areas. The agreement came during a meeting between Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib in Baku late on Monday.

At least five policemen, including the police chief for Chahar Dara district, and 11 others wounded during a clash in northern Kunduz province.

Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib met with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday after a meeting earlier in the day with his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani, where the two discussed issues of mutual interest and security concerns relating to the region.

Saleh Omar, district chief for Chardara district in Kunduz, was killed in a Taliban attack on Monday night, a local source confirmed.

The Taliban detonated a Humvee loaded with explosives in the Dawolat Abad district market on Monday night, local officials confirmed Tuesday.

President Ashraf Ghani met with US Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller on Tuesday afternoon and discussed the peace process, the situation in Afghanistan and the region, and further support to the Afghan Security and Defense Forces, the Presidential Palace said.