President Ashraf Ghani hosted a meeting Thursday of high-ranking Afghan officials and other influential individuals in order to formulate a comprehensive plan for the upcoming peace summit in Ankara, Turkey.

At least two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday morning, sources said. The incident occurred around 9 am local time in PD8 of Jalalabad city when the vehicle struck a roadside mine, the sources said. However, the local officials have not yet commented on the blast. No group […]

Prominent Afghan politicians on Wednesday urged that an assessment be made of the US-proposed draft peace plan and called on the Afghan government to not create barriers in the way of the peace process. Mohammad Younus Qanooni, the former vice president of Afghanistan, said that the peace plan which was shared with them by US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad needs […]

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez said on Tuesday that the May 1st deadline for withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan may have to be reconsidered because the Taliban are not meeting their commitments under a 2020 peace deal, Reuters reported. “I’m very concerned about the viability of the peace process in Afghanistan,” Menendez said on a call with […]

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that the United States so far has not made a decision on the May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.

At least 35 Taliban insurgents were killed in an operation by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in southern Zabul province, the Defense Ministry (MoD) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Sources told ArianaNews on Wednesday that Turkey will host a meeting on Afghan peace process on 27 March. According to the sources the meeting will be take place in Ankara, capital of Turkey.

The United States’ Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) warned on Wednesday night that security remains the most crucial and enduring high-risk area for Afghanistan and with or without a sustainable peace agreement and nationwide ceasefire, Afghanistan will likely continue to be threatened by multiple violent-extremist organizations. Presenting SIGAR’s 2021 High-Risk List to US Congress, John F. Sopko, Special […]

An Afghan airliner from the state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines has remained grounded in Russia for the last 16 days on charges of skipping a customs process in Sheremetyevo international airport in Moscow.

Authorities from the Defense Ministry at an event in Kabul on Monday highlighted the key role of Afghan women in defending the country and said 7,500 women are serving in the ranks of the army and police.