At least seven civilians were killed on Wednesday evening when a mortar hit a market in Qaisar district of Faryab province, officials said. The 209th Shaheen Corps said the Taliban fired mortar shells at a market on Wednesday evening, killing seven civilians and wounding nine others. People’s shops were also damaged in the incident, the Corps said. Faryab police also […]

Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib and his U.S. counterpart Jake Sullivan discussed security and counterterrorism cooperation during a phone call on Thursday. The National Security Council tweeted that “NSA Sullivan reiterated American support for ANDSF, development assistance, and [the need for] peace in Afghanistan.” Sullivan in turn tweeted that he had discussed a “strong and enduring U.S.-Afghanistan partnership” with […]

The Afghan Shiite Ulema (council) on Thursday accused government of negligence in securing the western areas of Kabul. The Ulema said government needs to take urgent steps to improve security in the area, which is predominantly home to Hazaras. The area has also been the epicenter of major attacks over the past few years including the recent girls school bombing […]

The Presidential Palace (ARG) has announced that the list of members and the working framework of the High Council of Government has been finalized. According to ARG, the first meeting will be held in the near future and that the “structure and mechanism” of the council has also been finalized. In addition, Latif Mahmood, the president’s deputy spokesman said: “The […]

Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was on Tuesday critical of US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces in Afghanistan by September 11 and warned that this decision is not underpinned by a clear plan to mitigate the risks once troops have withdrawn. Addressing the U.S. Senate, McConnell said Biden’s decision was “dangerous, wishful thinking”. He said the decision […]

The Taliban on Wednesday urged Afghanistan’s neighboring countries not to allow the U.S. to establish military bases in their countries stating that should such a step be taken “it will be a great and historic mistake and disgrace”. According to a statement issued by the Taliban’s Doha-based spokesman, Mohammad Naeem: “The Muslim and Mujahid nation of Afghanistan will not remain […]

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said in a press conference on Tuesday that discussions are still being held on the type of U.S. footprint needed in Afghanistan in order to protect American diplomats in the country. In answer to a question about security at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in order to keep an embassy presence for […]

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said this week that it has “completed between 16-25 percent of the entire retrograde process.” CENTCOM said in a statement United States Department of Defense has retrograded the equivalent of approximately 160 C-17 loads of material out of Afghanistan and has turned over more than 10,000 pieces of equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency for […]

A member of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami party, Humayoun Jarir, on Tuesday blamed the Presidential Palace for not delivering on its promise about the structure and the authority of the Supreme State Council and said that Hekmatyar will not participate in the Supreme State Council as a member. “The Arg (Presidential Palace) has not followed through on the promises it made […]

Mohammad Daud Laghmani, the recently appointed governor of Faryab province, returned to Kabul today after staying a week in an army base in Maimana city of Faryab province, according to the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG). Following ten days of protests over the appointment of Daud Laghmani as Faryab’s governor by the central government, on Monday night the IDLG […]