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  11 militiamen killed in Afghanistan

  Agence France-Presse . Kunduz | Updated at 10:39pm on June 06, 2020

  A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan killed 11 pro-government militiamen when it tore through a truck in a Saturday pre-dawn attack that officials blamed on...

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  Roadside bomb kills 7 in Afghanistan

  Agence France-Presse . Kunduz | Updated at 09:50pm on June 02, 2020

  Seven civilians were killed by a roadside bomb linked to the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, even as authorities pressed for peace talks...

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  Afghan head of peace talks says ready for dialogue with Taliban

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 11:04pm on May 30, 2020

  A top Afghan official appointed to lead the much-awaited peace talks with the Taliban said Saturday his team was ready to start ‘at any moment’...

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  14 Afghan security force members killed

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 11:05pm on May 29, 2020

  Taliban fighters stormed an Afghan border post Friday, killing at least 14 security force members, the insurgents and officials said, the latest in a series...

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  14 Afghan forces killed in Taliban attacks

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 11:10pm on May 28, 2020

  Fourteen members of the Afghan security forces were killed in two separate attacks Thursday in the first deadly assaults officials have blamed on the Taliban...

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  At least five killed, 19 hurt in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

  Agence France-Presse . Khost, Afghanistan | Updated at 03:33pm on May 14, 2020

  The Taliban said it carried out a deadly attack Thursday on an Afghan army base after the government ordered forces to resume strikes against the...

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  900 Taliban fighters freed so far in Afghan prisoner swap

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 11:25pm on May 07, 2020

  The Kabul administration has released more than 900 Taliban fighters since the militants signed a landmark deal with the United States to end the war...

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  Afghanistan likely to face coronavirus ‘health disaster’

  New Age Desk | Updated at 12:14am on May 03, 2020

  The United States watchdog report warns that the coronavirus outbreak is likely to cause a health disaster in Afghanistan, which is still plagued by conflict,...

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  Afghan peace process risks collapse as violence flares

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 10:28pm on April 29, 2020

  Two months after the US and the Taliban signed a deal Washington heralded as the way to end Afghanistan’s war, violence is spiralling out of...

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  At least three killed, 15 hurt in Kabul suicide bomb attack

  Agence France-Presse. Kabul | Updated at 04:28pm on April 29, 2020

  A suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 15 others after detonating explosives near a military outpost in Kabul on Wednesday, an official...