A massive fire broke at the Islam Qala customs facility in western Herat on Saturday afternoon, Waheed Qatali, governor of Herat province confirmed.Pictures on social media show plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky – with sources confirming dozens of fuel tankers are on fire at the border town customs facility.

Ensuring the Taliban do not seek a battlefield victory will require sustained U.S. attention and resources. Many peace processes experience at least short-term reversions to violence. Even a successful Afghan peace process will be at risk of the same, especially in the likely event that the United States and its allies continue to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Ideally, such troop […]

Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Friday in a statement claimed that at least 31 Taliban fighters including a Taliban commander killed in the past 24 hours during Afghan ground and air forces strike.

International communities have expressed their “deep concern” over the escalation of violence and targeted killings of civilians in Afghanistan. The sixth round of consensus-building meetings for peace in Afghanistan was held in Kabul on Thursday.

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the series of bomb blasts, targeted killings and a surge of violence in Afghanistan in the past few days.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Belgian Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder met at NATO headquarters Thursday to discuss a number of issues including the future of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan.

At least two security forces members were wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province on Thursday afternoon, local officials said.

UNAMA confirmed Thursday night that a UN convoy came under attack in the Surobi District of Kabul earlier in the day.

The incident happened on Herat-Islam Qala highway in Herat province on Tuesday morning, local officials said.

Of that figure, 200,000 Afghans live in Turkey, 474,000 in the US, 709,000 in European countries. The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Tuesday said that up to 200 Afghan refugees are being sent back to Afghanistan from Turkey on daily basis.