A veteran Pakistani jihadist who rose to the highest levels of leadership within Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was killed by Afghan security forces in a recent raid in Farah province. The Al Qaeda leader, known as Mohammad Hanif, was involved in the 2002 assassination attempt on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and the suicide attack on the U.S. Consulate […]

At least seven people, including security force members and civilians, were killed in three separate incidents in the city of Kabul in the last 24 hours, according to police. One of the incidents happened in Lab-e-Jar area in the north of Kabul on Wednesday morning in which an IED blast targeted a police vehicle and killed three policemen and a […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday said that Afghanistan remains the deadliest country for civilians, with the Afghan women and children make up half of the fatalities. Robert Mardini, Director General of the ICRC who is currently visiting Afghanistan said that the escalation of violence in Afghanistan in recent months has worsened the humanitarian situation in […]

Afghanistan security forces have killed a Pakistani bomb-maker who trained Taliban militants before switching allegiance to Al-Qaeda in western Farah province, the country’s intelligence agency said Wednesday.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov in a meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Wednesday, said his country supports an Afghan-own and Afghan-led peace process and is ready to help in this respect, Abdullah’s office said in a statement.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden may consider keeping a small contingent of counterterrorism troops in Afghanistan, a move expected to face resistance from the Taliban, analysts told Stars and Stripes.

At least eight Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and three others captured by Taliban in Kunduz province on Monday night, Mohammad Yousof Ayoubi, provincial council head said.

Afghan Ministry of Interior on Tuesday told Ariana News that around 600 Taliban fighters have returned to the battlefields since their release from prison earlier this year.

Afghan officials have confirmed that the Taliban has used “weaponized drones” in some attacks on government forces in recent weeks. The officials said “the Taliban embeds mortar rounds or small bombs with the drones and drop them on military and government installations.”

There have already been many military maneuvers, political pivots and plot twists since the U.S. inked a peace deal with the Taliban late last month. But the one development that could finally bring a measure of clarity to Afghanistan in the long term is the International Criminal Court’s decision on March 5 to approve opening a full investigation into allegations […]