Wolesi Jirga (WJ) member from Kabul province Najibullah Nasir elected on Sunday as the deputy speaker of the house. Earlier, Javid Jaihon was elected as first deputy speaker of Wolesi Jirga, Karim Atal as secretary and Hujatullah Kheradmand as deputy secretary of the Wolesi Jirga.

An appellant court in central Uruzgan province has sentenced six employees of different government departments to 13 years imprisonment in connection with bribery. Attaullah Atta, director of courts, said the seven employees had been arrested by National Directorate of Security (NDS) red-handed on bribe charges.

Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, addressing a gathering of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, said that NATO has “accepted” its defeat in Afghanistan and is now seeking ways to leave the country. He said the Afghan government was responsible for the ongoing situation and said he would attend upcoming conferences on Afghan peace in Istanbul and Moscow.

The Islamic republic system has been the longest-running political system in the country after the end of the absolute monarchy led by King Mohammad Zahir. The monarchy lasted for 40 years, and the current republic has been in place for the past two decades. The Afghan government has often emphasized the need to preserve the republic when it comes to […]

Afghan leaders on Sunday held a meeting under the leadership committee of the High Council for National Reconciliation to discuss in detail the US-proposed draft for Afghanistan’s peace and the upcoming international conferences on the reconciliation process. The leaders agreed that the Afghan republic should thoroughly review the proposed draft for peace and then share it with the United States. […]

The Afghan National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has allegedly classified a number of ethnic groups and tribes into categories – in a move met with a strong backlash by Afghans including some government officials.

At least three people have been killed and 12 wounded on Sunday evening in two separate explosions in Kabul city, police confirmed.

As US President Joe Biden’s administration wrestles with whether to extend troop presence in Afghanistan or withdraw by May 1 as per the deal with the Taliban, officials have said there are in fact more American troops on the ground than the reported 2,500.

A car bombing, a roadside blast and insurgent raids killed at least 22 people, including security forces and civilians, officials in Afghanistan said Saturday. The violence injured nearly 70 people, most of them civilians. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said Saturday the car bomb blast targeted a police base in the province of Herat, which borders Iran.

At least eight people were killed and 54 injured when a car bomb exploded in Herat City in western Afghanistan on Friday, an official confirmed Saturday. A police constable was among those killed, and the injured included seven police officers as well as children, Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said.