At least eight Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike carried out by the U.S. forces in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast in a statement said the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Andar district.

Any US military role in Afghanistan after peace would be conditions-based, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Tuesday. “Any US military, coalition role after the peace is reached would be conditions-based worked out with the Afghan government depending on the threat,” Mattis said during a discussion at the US Institute of Peace. According to Mattis, the new US […]

At least 24 militants were killed and 6 wounded in military offensives carried out by Afghan security forces within the past day. The defense ministry in a statement said that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security launched joint operations against insurgents in different areas in Ghazni, Logar, Helmand, Nimroz, Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, […]

Pakistan has urged all warring sides in Afghanistan to agree on de-escalation of violence in a bid to create an atmosphere for a negotiated peace process, while emphasizing that there is no military solution to the conflict. “For many years, Imran Khan, Pakistan’s recently elected Prime Minister, has declared that peace in Afghanistan can be restored only through a negotiated […]

A group leader was among 33 Islamic State (IS) suspects intelligence forces detained in central Kabul and eastern Nangarhar provinces, the spy service said Monday. In a statement, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its special unit arrested 26 Daesh members during separate raids in Kabul. Headed by Abdullah, the insugennts were planning suicide attacks in Kabul city, the […]

During a three-day visit to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, the UK’s defense secretary Gavin Williamson said Daesh fighters in Afghanistan are communicating with cells in the UK with the aim of potentially carrying out attacks. This was the first time the British government has stated Daesh in Afghanistan poses a direct threat to the UK, Britain’s Independent reported. The US has […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday announced a conditional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban starting on Monday. “As we approach Eid-ul-Adha … we announce a ceasefire that would take effect from Monday, the day of Arafa, till the day of the birth of the prophet (PBUH), Milad-un-Nabi, provided that the Taliban reciprocate,” Ghani told a gathering celebrating the Independence Day. […]

Egyptian Ambassador to Afghanistan Hani Salah has reaffirmed his country’s assistance to Afghanistan in areas of higher education, Islamic studies and prevention of fundamentalism, a statement from the National Security Council (NSC) said on Wednesday.

After a 26-year gap, Afghanistan’s civilian air traffic control system was able to stand on its own. President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday officially inaugurated a new radar system located in Hamid Karzai International Airport in the capital Kabul. Shahhussain Murtazawi, a spokesman for President Ghani, said that by using the new system the Afghan government is able to take control […]

Pakistan will reinforce its Afghan border with tens of thousands of additional troops to curb the flow of militants. Up to 60,000 paramilitaries are being raised to step up patrols along the porous, mountainous border which is notorious for smuggling and infiltration by insurgents. The recruitment to Pakistan’s Frontier Corps comes as the country builds a fence along the 2,300-kilometre […]