Politicians and civil society in Germany are giving clear signals that they want to go on supporting development in Afghanistan even after the NATO troops go home. But what would that look like? The countdown has started. The withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan officially began on Saturday, May 1. The German army plans to bring all of its 1,100 […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday assured that the United States will not disengage from Afghanistan despite withdrawing its troops from the country. “We’ve also been clear that even as our forces are drawing down and pulling out of Afghanistan, we are not withdrawing, we are not disengaging,” Blinken said at a press conference in London with British […]

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said that a Taliban plan to seize control of Afghanistan with a military takeover would not be acceptable to the world. According to a statement from the US embassy, Khalilzad “emphasized that there was strong consensus within both the regional and international community against any effort by the Taliban to […]

Thousands of Afghans have fled their homes in Helmand province as fierce fighting between government forces and the Taliban erupted after the US military began withdrawing its remaining troops. AFP reports Afghan forces pushed back a string of insurgent attacks on checkpoints across the southern province, where the US military on Sunday handed over a base to government forces as […]

Local officials confirmed Wednesday that Burka district in Baghlan province has fallen to the Taliban. Officials said the district fell on Tuesday night. According to the sources the civilian and military leadership of the district retreated to neighbouring Nahrin district. Baghlan police also confirmed the fall of Burka district. Police spokesman Jawed Besharat said security forces had made a tactical […]

NATO forces have handed over another military camp to Afghan security forces in northern Balkh province, the 209 Shaheen Corps said in a statement. The camp known as Camp Mike Spann was handed over to the Afghan forces during a ceremony at the Corps’ headquarters in Mazar-e-Sharif in the province on Wednesday morning. Addressing the ceremony, the commander of Shaheen […]

Afghanistan Taliban attacks continued at high intensity amid signs group could be gearing up for May offensive, while U.S. announced full troop withdrawal by 11 Sept 2021. Taliban continued daily violent attacks in several key areas suggesting preparation for large-scale offensive in coming months, likely after 1 May – date on which U.S. forces are supposed to withdraw according to […]

Taliban militants have made worrying progress towards the gates of three provincial capitals in the country in the past 24 hours, Afghan officials said. According to officials, Taliban gains across territory came after they launched coordinated attacks in Helmand, Ghazni, and Zabul provinces in this time. In Helmand, Taliban fighters carried out attacks on the outskirts of the provincial capital […]

President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday that five government departments have failed to use over $1.6 billion of their annual budget. Addressing an event on the occasion of Education Week, Ghani stated the “blockage of billions of dollars” by these government departments is not acceptable. Ghani stressed that if any department or government organization failed to utilize its budget within one […]

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by American special forces in 2011 in Pakistan, but the Afghan government says that the roots of the network are still alive in Afghanistan and the group still poses a threat to the country and the world and is collaborating with the Taliban. But the Taliban […]