At least 40 people were killed in 10 provinces of the country and over 50 more were wounded in the last 24 hours. In one of the incidents, 11 civilians were killed and 29 more were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a bus carrying passengers in the southern province of Zabul. “This bomb hit a 404 bus, […]

President Ashraf Ghani in a statement on Monday instructed all Afghan forces to observe the ceasefire during three days of Eid, but he reiterated that the Taliban’s violence has no legitimacy as international troops are leaving the country. Ghani stated that the government is aware of the announcement of the ceasefire by the Taliban, but he did not welcome it […]

Fire broke out at a market in the Makrorayan-e-Char area in Kabul’s District 4 on Saturday afternoon. The cause of the fire is not clear so far. Eyewitnesses said dozens of shops were damaged in the fire. The area is surrounded by dozens of shops and residential houses. Videos on social media show that shopkeepers were trying to save their […]

The Afghan National Army’s commando forces broke the siege in Dahana-e-Ghori district in the northern province of Baghlan as fighting continues there in the last three days. Safiqullah Amiri, commander of commando forces regiment in the north who leads the operations in Baghlan, said that reinforcements have arrived in the district and that three outposts that had fallen to the […]

Taliban does not intend to seize power through military struggle, said Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, a top negotiator for the Taliban in Doha, as the timeline for a US-proposed peace conference on Afghanistan in Turkey approaches. Stanekzai made the remarks during a virtual meeting with envoys from the UN, Norway, Sweden, Germany, US and the UK. Stanekzai clarified that forming […]

Afghan security officials on Saturday said that the Taliban used their highest strength in the past week to takeover some strategic areas in at least six provinces of the country, but security forces repelled their offensives and foiled all their planning and military agendas. General Yasin Zia, the Afghan Chief of Army Staff and Acting Minister of Defense, said that […]

In a latest incident of violence, at least 27 security force members were killed in Ghazni city in the past two days. Lawmakers from Ghazni said that three government check posts have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days. Local officials in Baghlan said that hundreds of people have taken up arms to fight the Taliban. “We have […]

US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said in a series of tweets he has wrapped up his latest trip – to Tashkent, Doha, Kabul, and Dushanbe – with a stop in Berlin – which was focused on building regional consensus on the Afghan Peace Process. Khalilzad said there is “a unique international consensus for peace, rooted in the support for a […]

Washington has deployed a dozen additional warplanes to bolster protection of American and coalition troops making a final withdrawal from Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents step up pressure on Afghan government forces, top Pentagon officials said Thursday. AP reported that General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said F-18 attack planes have been added to a previously announced […]

A heavy explosion rattled the Dasht-e-Barchi area in Kabul city on Saturday afternoon, sources said. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) stated that a blast happened close to Sayeed-ul-Shuhada School in PD13 of Kabul city at around 4:27 pm Saturday. At least 13 people were killed and 35 others wounded in the blast, sources said. Sources, however, stated that three blasts […]