At least 12 members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) were killed and 14 more were wounded in a Taliban attack in the northeastern province of Badakhshan in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local officials said.

Not only has the Taliban broken their agreement with the US and increased the level of violence in the country, but Afghanistan is still faced with threats from many other terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday.

Asadullah Khalid, nominated defense minister, said Tuesday that he is not sure if the peace negotiations will yield any results as it was clear the Taliban had no intention of reducing violence.

Is China’s CR Express destined for the industrial graveyard of Eurasian economic policy history? Containerized rail freight transport under China Rail Express (CR Express) between Europe and China is one of the flagship projects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). However these rail links have been in development since 2011, predating the BRI. China’s co-optation of this transcontinental rail […]

Islamabad has come forward with evidence about India’s role in spreading terrorism in Pakistan. That might be a politically smart move. Last week, Pakistan came forward with a dossier allegedly presenting evidence of India’s involvement in funding terrorist activities in the country. In a joint press conference, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the director-general of the Inter-Services Public […]

Another two suspects in the recent Kabul University attack were identified – one was killed and another arrested – First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said in an early morning security meeting in Kabul.

Nominee ministers for foreign affairs, finance and interior, on Monday presented their operational strategies to the Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament, for their votes of confidence.

Facing the end of his time in power, US President Donald Trump is pushing to accelerate withdrawals from Afghanistan, Iran and Somalia by the time he leaves office in January, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Under a draft order circulating at the Pentagon on Monday, the number of US forces in Afghanistan would be halved from the current […]

Heavy clashes are ongoing between government forces and the Taliban in Dasht-e-Archi district in the northern province of Kunduz since last night, local officials said. The clashes started after the Taliban attacked security forces in Dasht-e-Archi district, the Kunduz governor’s spokesman Esmatullah Muradi said.

Mohammad Haneef Atmar, the nominee for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an address to the parliament on Monday said there might be a reduction in the international community’s pledge to Afghanistan in the upcoming Geneva Conference as the world economy has been affected by COVID-19 pandemic.