A key Taliban commander and close aide to former Taliban founder and leader Mullah Omar has asked the group’s present chief Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada to break all ties with Pakistan.
24 Oct 2016 4:22 AM
China’s aid to the Afghan National Army in the name of nation building and simultaneous support to Taliban exposes Beijing’s double standard in the strategically-located Afghanistan.
22 Oct 2016 7:19 AM
A gunman in an Afghan Army uniform on Wednesday shot dead at least two American advisers and wounded three more near a base in the Afghan capital before being killed himself, said officials.
20 Oct 2016 6:33 AM
Short and upright in his grey suit, Wahidullah enchants his audience as his fingers dance over the piano keys.
01 Oct 2016 7:28 AM
(AFP) For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an “open-air museum”, albeit one ravaged by war and plagued by looters.
15 Sep 2016 4:05 AM
Militants attacked an international charity in Kabul Tuesday during an hours-long assault labelled a “war crime” by Amnesty as the Capital reeled from a wave of violence that killed at least 41 and wo
07 Sep 2016 7:13 AM
Afghan women students from the American University, who were trapped inside the premises during an attack by militants, are escorted by Afghan police forces at the end of a nearly 10-hour raid at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)
26 Aug 2016 12:11 AM
Some students still stuck inside varsity in Kabul.
25 Aug 2016 6:34 AM
A roadside bomb killed an American soldier Tuesday near the capital of Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province, following the first major US deployment to the southern city since foreign forces withdr
24 Aug 2016 6:20 AM
An Afghan official says at least two people have been wounded in a bombing that targeted the Afghan military in the capital, Kabul.
16 Aug 2016 7:10 AM
Five gunmen, wearing Afghan military uniforms, have abducted an American and an Australian in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a security official said on Monday.
09 Aug 2016 6:33 AM
A Taliban truck bomb exploded outside a protected hotel compound used by foreign service personnel in Kabul on Monday, ripping a deep crater in the ground and leaving a tangle of wreckage but causing
02 Aug 2016 6:38 AM
Casualities include 1,509 children; highest toll recorded in 6 months.
26 Jul 2016 7:43 AM
Kabul was plunged into mourning Sunday after its deadliest attack for 15 years killed 80 people and left hundreds maimed, reigniting concern that the Islamic State group was seeking to expand its foot
25 Jul 2016 7:23 AM
After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against Islamic State group loyalists, an assault that wil
25 Jul 2016 7:17 AM
Twin explosions tore through a demonstration by members of Afghanistan’s mainly Shia Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230 in a suicide attack cla
24 Jul 2016 7:06 AM
A 14-year-old pregnant Afghan girl succumbed to her injuries in Kabul’s Isteqlal hospital days after she was set on fire by her in-laws.
19 Jul 2016 6:41 AM
Afghanistan has no plans to revive a peace process aimed at bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table after a four-nation effort earlier this year produced no results, Afghan officials said on Thu
15 Jul 2016 7:19 AM
The group has met five times since January, in Kabul and Pak. The meetings did not include Taliban, who have refused to join peace talks.
14 Jul 2016 1:01 PM
Umar Mansour, along with another militant leader Qari Saifullah was killed in the air strike in Bandar region of Afghanistan.
12 Jul 2016 1:12 PM