Three consecutive explosions targeted students at a public school in PD13, in Dasht-e-Barchi, in Kabul city on Saturday evening killing at least 30 people. According to the sources, an explosive-loaded vehicle detonated in front of the Sayeed-ul-Shuhada High School at around 4:30 pm. This explosion was followed by two suicide bombings while frantic students were running from the school compound […]

With the withdrawal of foreign forces underway, members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) said on Thursday that the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are able to defend their country on their own. MPs said however that reforms need to be brought on a leadership level within the ANDSF. “After the withdrawal of foreign forces some […]

The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s second-biggest dam after months of fierce fighting in its former bastion of Kandahar, the group and officials said, as the US forces have begun the withdrawal of its troops from the country after 20 years, AFP reported. The Dahla Dam, which provides irrigation to farmers via a network of canals as well as drinking water […]

Two additional US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Tuesday as the US Forces and NATO ramp up the troops’ withdrawal process. According to the US Central Command, the bombers join the four B-52 aircraft that arrived at Al Udeid in late […]

The Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) have abandoned a military base and three outposts in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province, sources said Friday. Security sources told Ariana News that the base and the outposts have been captured by the Taliban militants after the Afghan forces retreated. The Taliban, however, published pictures claiming the militants have captured 14 […]

The Special Envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Afghan Peace Process in a joint statement on Friday “strongly” condemned the continued violence in Afghanistan. The statement, which was issued following a virtual meeting of the international community envoys and the Taliban delegation, said that the Taliban are […]

General David Petraeus, former commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and former CIA director in an interview with has said that the US troops withdrawal from the country “is not going to end the endless war in Afghanistan.” “It is going to end the US and the coalition involvement in that war militarily” he said in an interview […]

Juma Shah, the police chief for Sar Rawza district in Paktika, was killed and three of his security guards were wounded in a blast in the province on Tuesday night, local security officials said. The incident happened when he was on the way to Dewana Baba area where Taliban attacked security forces, a local official said, adding that “the police […]

Areas of Burka district in Baghlan have fell to the Taliban on Tuesday night after clashes, security sources confirmed. The local officials have moved their offices to other places in the district after the Taliban captured some parts of the district about 10 pm local time, according to the sources. In the meantime, Jawid Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial […]

Haji Din Mohammad, the deputy head of the High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR), on Wednesday said that the UN-led conference on Afghanistan is expected to convene in the last week of May or first week of June. Originally, the conference was scheduled for April 24, however, it was postponed due to the lack of participation of the Taliban. According […]