Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Friday in a statement claimed that at least 31 Taliban fighters including a Taliban commander killed in the past 24 hours during Afghan ground and air forces strike.

International communities have expressed their “deep concern” over the escalation of violence and targeted killings of civilians in Afghanistan. The sixth round of consensus-building meetings for peace in Afghanistan was held in Kabul on Thursday.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Belgian Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder met at NATO headquarters Thursday to discuss a number of issues including the future of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan.

UNAMA confirmed Thursday night that a UN convoy came under attack in the Surobi District of Kabul earlier in the day.

The incident happened at around 09:20 am local time in Bagh-e-Daud area in Kabul’s PD5. Four employees of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kabul on Tuesday, police confirmed in a statement.

This comes as 20 days have passed since the talks between the delegation representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban have stopped. President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that if the current opportunity for peace in Afghanistan turns out to be lost, and Afghanistan plunges toward an uncertain future, the consequences of such a scenario will cause severe […]

By Barnett R. Rubin, director of the Afghan Regional Program at NYU and former adviser to the US special representative for Afghanistan. A lot has changed in the three years that have passed since you published an Open Letter to the American People (on February 14, 2018) and I responded with my own to you (in the New Yorker, February […]

The clashes took place in the city of Tarin Kot, capital of the province, a source said.

Graham says he is very pleased with what the Biden administration is proposing for Afghanistan. Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham in an interview with CBS has said that the American troops will not leave Afghanistan in May, supporting the Biden administration’s stance on Afghanistan and its bid to review the US-Taliban agreement.

The first clashes took place in Aab Kamari district of the province after a group of Taliban attacked a security outpost. At least six security force members were killed and six others were wounded in two separate Taliban attacks in Badghis province on Sunday night, a local official said.