At least 13 security force members were killed and four others were wounded in Taliban attacks in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday night, local officials said on Wednesday.

At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED blast in Kabul city on Wednesday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement.

The Taliban’s recent shift to magnetic bombs to target Afghan officials in Kabul underscores the government’s struggle to protect its own people. As he has done most workdays, Mahbubullah Mohibi left his home on Tuesday morning in a white armored S.U.V. with government plates, bound for his office job as deputy governor for Kabul Province.

Taliban delegation’s 3-day visit to Islamabad follows consultation with Afghan government, says Kabul. A delegation of the Afghan Taliban met with Pakistan’s top diplomat Wednesday to discuss the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan.

Afghan officials blame the Taliban for the attack that took place in the Wazirabad area of Pol-e-Khumri city. At least 13 Afghan police officers were killed in an attack on their checkpoint in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Wednesday.

President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday met with General Mark Milley, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussing current security tensions and the ongoing peace process.

At least five policemen, including a commander, were killed in a Taliban attack in Dehrawood district of Uruzgan province on Tuesday night, said a local official.

At least three people were killed in a fresh spate of targeted killings in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul over the past 24 hours. The first incident took the life of security guard of Ahmad Malikzada, the security guard in charge of Bagrami district in PD15 when an IED blast targeted his vehicle.

A Taliban delegation headed by deputy leader Mullah Baradar has met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday to discuss the Afghan peace process. Mullah Baradar will be visiting Pakistan for two days and during the visit, “the delegation will meet with the Foreign Minister and call on the Prime Minister,” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday in […]

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) head for Shulgar district has been killed in an explosion in northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday.