Taliban insurgents captured a key district just outside the Afghan capital Kabul in central Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday, forcing government forces to retreat, security officials have confirmed. The capture of Nerkh district comes amid intensifying violence across the country following an announcement by the Taliban of a three-day ceasefire over Eid-ul Fitr. Reuters reported that Tariq Arian, an interior […]

The Afghan ambassador to the US, Roya Rahmani, spoke to The World’s host Marco Werman about the security situation in Afghanistan, and the government’s handling of it. Grieving families buried their dead on Sunday after a horrific bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital that killed 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old.

Business community and economic analysts have shown mixed reactions to a recent tweet by Taliban member Suhail Shaheen in which he said the group will protect Afghan businesses and all other economic activities in the future government in the country. Afghan politicians, businesspeople and investors have said that such statements by the Taliban leaders are symbolic—and insist the group proves […]

Lawmakers from Logar province in Afghanistan’s parliament on Tuesday raised grave concerns over what they described as deteriorating security in the province. MPs warned that the fragile security situation in Logar could have serious implications on the security of Kabul if substantial actions weren’t taken to fix the lack of security in Logar. However, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has […]

General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of General Staff of the United Kingdom, has said that the Taliban has no justification for their Jihad in Afghanistan now that foreign forces are leaving the country. In an interview with TOLOnews, General Carter said that the Taliban are now fighting against the Afghan people, and they should avoid the war. Meanwhile, the Afghan […]

Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Monday that the American government had “legitimized” the Taliban and that now Afghans need the United States “to remain engaged”. Amid the withdrawal process of all foreign troops, Saleh said in an interview with CBS News, that it is his responsibility on a daily basis to “outline the risks and the threats […]

An Afghan security official was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in eastern Logar province on Monday, sources said. Hasibullah Stanekzai, Head of the Provincial Council told Ariana News that Shahpor Ahmadzai, police chief for PD1 of Logar, was gunned down by unknown armed men in the provincial capital Pul-e-Alam city. The incident took place at Shahidan square […]

The US State Department said Monday ISIS (Daesh) could possibly have been behind the deadly school bombing in Kabul that left over 80 people, mostly schoolgirls, dead. In a press briefing, the department’s spokesman Ned Price said there are some indications that Daesh was behind the attack. “We are still looking into what or who is responsible, but I would […]

The death toll from a series of blasts outside a school in PD13 capital Kabul rose to 53, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. According to the reports, at least three blasts happened near Sayed-ul-Shuhada high school in the west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the ministry added. The Ministry of Interior says three blasts happened near Sayed-ul-Shuhada school […]

Three consecutive explosions targeted students at a public school in PD13, in Dasht-e-Barchi, in Kabul city on Saturday evening killing at least 30 people. According to the sources, an explosive-loaded vehicle detonated in front of the Sayeed-ul-Shuhada High School at around 4:30 pm. This explosion was followed by two suicide bombings while frantic students were running from the school compound […]