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Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Try new way in Kabul

Many attended receptions by officials in Kabul and in other cities before returning to their fighting stations.

24 Jun 2018 6:13 AM

Afghanistan’s brief Id truce: A window of opportunity?

Most of the fighters are believed not to have seen life in town for a long time and were baffled by it.

22 Jun 2018 12:44 AM

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. (Photo: AP | Representational)

Car bomb kills 26 at ceasefire gathering of Taliban, Afghan armed forces

The Taliban announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday, which began on Friday, except against foreign forces.

16 Jun 2018 8:28 PM

Journos facing deadlier times in Afghanistan

Journalists and civil society activists must be given enough security in Afghanistan.

04 May 2018 4:36 AM

'E-tezkera will help security in the country,' Ghani said at a ceremony at which he received the first card to be issued. (Photo: PTI)

Afghan president launches new ID cards amid row over ethnicity

The much delayed 'e-tezkera' system, named after the local term for identity cards, is intended to reduce fraud and much more.

03 May 2018 5:14 PM

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said war is not the solution to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan. His remarks Saturday came a day after he visited Kabul and met with the Afghan leadership. (Photo: File)

Kabul has agreed to revive peace talks with Taliban: Pakistan PM Abbasi

Pakistan has praised Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s overture to the Taliban offering to recognize the group as a political party.

07 Apr 2018 6:57 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Photo: File)

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to work for common goal

The two sides discussed the counter-terror cooperation, the regional situation, repatriation of Afghan refugees and combating drug production.

07 Apr 2018 6:47 AM

‘The Afghan Government’s willingness for peace is despite the fact that armed groups have identified themselves and demonstrated to all of us that they are the irreconcilables,’ India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told the UN Security Council. (Photo: ANI)

India supports Afghan 'unity' move to recognise Talibans as political group

The international community’s efforts, those supporting the terrorists affecting Afghanistan have not been deterred.

09 Mar 2018 2:49 PM

Dysfunctionality, drift lingers in Trump’s US

Ironically, making sense of all this to the world at large is still the “swamp” that Mr Trump promised to drain.

07 Mar 2018 3:09 AM

Challenge for US: Taliban’s propaganda has evolved

The dialogue offer comes almost a month after two deadly assaults in Kabul claimed almost 200 civilian lives.

21 Feb 2018 3:06 AM

Kabul hands Pakistan proof of its links to terror groups

Afghan interior minister, intelligence chief visit Islamabad to share info on Kabul hotel attack.

01 Feb 2018 7:22 AM

On January 20, Taliban fighters stormed Kabul's landmark Intercontinental hotel and killed at least 25 people, the majority foreigners, in an ordeal lasting more than 12 hours. (Photo: AP)

Kabul on edge: Gunmen attack military base, multiple casualties

Kabul remains on high alert as the city braces for further attacks.

29 Jan 2018 9:23 AM

‘The US strongly condemns today's barbaric attack at a cultural and social centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, and offers its deepest condolences to the victims and their families,’ said Sarah Sanders. (Photo: AFP)

US vows to 'work closely' with Afghanistan after Kabul mosque attack

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, ‘enemies’ of Afghanistan will not succeed in their attempts to destroy the country.

29 Dec 2017 12:15 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing with his Afghanistan and Pakistan counterparts – Salahuddin Rabbani and Khawaja Muhammad Asif respectively. (Photo: AFP)

First trilateral dialogue: China, Pak, Afghanistan agree to fight terrorism

China, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed not to allow any country, group or individual to use their territories for terrorism.

26 Dec 2017 3:38 PM

6 killed in suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan, ISIS claims responsibility

A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul, killing six civilians.

25 Dec 2017 12:18 PM

‘The American people deserve to know that with the courage of everyone gathered here, we're making real progress in this fight for freedom in Afghanistan,’ Mike Pence told the troops. (Photo: File)

Mike Pence pays surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan

Pence's visit comes four months after Trump unveiled a new strategy for Afghanistan.

23 Dec 2017 3:08 PM

‘For too long Pakistan has provided safe haven to the Taliban and many terrorist organisations, but those days are over,’ Mike Pence told American troops at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Trump has put Pak on notice for harbouring Taliban, terrorists: Pence

Trump has lifted all the restrictions that limited the effectiveness of their armed forces, allowing them to wage battle against enemy.

22 Dec 2017 9:25 AM

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Previously both the Taliban and, increasingly, the Islamic State group have carried out devastating attacks in Kabul. (Photo: File/Representational)

Kabul: intense fighting breaks out after militants storm training facility

Roads to the area were closed and dozens of police and intelligence officers were blocking access to the public.

18 Dec 2017 1:23 PM

Afghan security personnel gather next to a vehicle which was used in a suicide bombing outside a wedding hall in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide bomber targets Ashraf Ghani’s critics, 14 killed

Ashraf Ghani issued a statement condemning the attack as a “criminal act”.

17 Nov 2017 2:56 AM

Political tensions are up as politicians have begun jockeying for position ahead of presidential elections expected in 2019. (Photo: AP)

9 killed, scores injured in suicide bombing, IS claims responsibility: Kabul

The explosion was the latest in a wave of violence that has killed and wounded thousands of civilians in Afghanistan in 2017.

16 Nov 2017 6:14 PM

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