At least five people were killed and nine wounded in an explosion in Kapisa province on Sunday afternoon, a local official confirmed.

The deputy spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the reason why the US has not suffered casualties among its forces in the past 10 months is because the foreign forces are no longer fighting in Afghanistan.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said Pakistan and Afghanistan have untapped economic synergies and complementarities, which could be best realized through cooperation in the economic and trade sphere.

Security officials in south-eastern Paktika province have claimed capturing a dozen suspects in connection with various crimes, including six landmine-planting insurgents.

A car bomb attack caused casualties to Afghan commando forces in the Jalrez district of central Maidan Wardak province last night, a public representative said on Thursday. SharifullahHotak, a member of the MaidanWardak provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan Special Forces had launched operations in some areas of Jalrez district.

Participants of a gathering in Khost City, the capital of southeastern Khost province, on Thursday asked neighboring countries, particularly Russia and Iran, not to create hurdles for the ongoing peace process. They demanded of neighboring countries to seek legal ways to ensure their interests in Afghanistan were protected instead of fueling violence and bloodshed in the war-torn country.

US President Donald Trump recently received unconfirmed intelligence information indicating that China offered money to non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers, according to media reports.

Eighteen Taliban, including foreign militants, have been killed in airstrikes in the Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Friday.

Two Taliban were killed and one injured in a clash with security forces in northern Samangan province, an official said on Friday.

First Vice President AmrullahSaleh on Saturday claimed Pakistan has provided thousands of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to Taliban militants. He said in a report at his daily security meeting at 6:30am that Afghan intelligence forces recently found and defused a landmine in the Musahi district of Kabul.