Afghanistan

Preparations for upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations were on the agenda, say officials

This comes days after UN declared Afghanistan deadliest country on plant for children

Corruption-tired common Afghans continue to flock towards the Taliban, viewed as “brutal but efficient and devout”

Military commanders stress on need for ‘whole of nation approach’ to fight against coronavirus

When all is said and done, meaningful peace in Afghanistan will flourish, if people have freedom of choice

Pakistan is trying to convey that it has no favourites in Afghanistan and it is willing to work with all groups

All previous attempts to get the peace process off the ground have been derailed by one spoiler or the other

Taliban carried out 222 attacks against the Afghan forces in the past one week, says interior ministry spokesman

Hajj and Religious Affairs Ministry announces dropping out of this year’s Islamic Hajj pilgrimage due to coronavirus

Latest bloodshed comes as Taliban and Afghan government appear to move closer towards potential peace negotiations

'We should be able to inform world of next step next week', says Afghan president on ongoing peace talks with...

Systematic killings begun taking place as people started taking steps towards peace, says Taliban spokesperson

White House official says ICC actions are an attack on the rights of the American people, national sovereignty

Army chief holds one-on-one meeting with Afghan president, deputy in Kabul

Early infection rates of SARS-CoV-2 grew by 68% a day in Iran without anti-contagion policies

Violent groups operating in Afghanistan have to decide whether they support Taliban or relocate themselves

ISPR says both agreed to continue working towards mutually agreed goals

Afghan health authorities reported 761 new positive cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours

Sadiq served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul from 2008 to 2014

Qureshi says Pakistan will continue to play a vital role in ensuring peace in the region

Respected religious scholar Iyaz Niyazi killed earlier this week when attack targets mosque

In similar attack blamed on Taliban on Tuesday, seven labourers killed in northern Kunduz province

An average of 1,500 tests are processed daily and around 500 test positive

Officials in Kunduz province blame Taliban for planting bomb in Khan Abad district killing farmers

Preliminary probe shows a bomb attached by magnets to a bus used by Khurshid TV employees

Cricket Australia gave the day-night match the green light on Thursday

India's federal health ministry reported 175 more deaths and 7,466 new positive cases due to the Covid-19 pandemic

A key provision of agreement with Taliban involved a US commitment to reduce its military footprint in Afghanistan

The agreement is the outcome of a desire to promote partisan interests rather than advancing the cause of peace

President Ashraf Ghani has says his administration is ready to begin the peace negotiations

President Ashraf Ghani said his administration was also ready to hold peace talks with the Taliban

FM Wang says fast-spreading 'political virus' in US is using every opportunity to 'smear' China

Ashraf Ghani welcomes Taliban's unexpected three-day truce declared for Eidul Fitr

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah declared a ceasefire for Eid festivities

Citizens urged to end rampant lockdown violations, restrictions extended in Kabul province

Akhundzada urges America not to let anyone derail agreement

Unknown gunmen fired on people praying inside a mosque during iftar time, say Parwan province officials

We have been risking our lives to save people, many doctors are infected too, says a doctor working in ICU

All sides in Afghanistan urged to take decisive action against al Qaeda, Da'ish, ETIM, TTP and other terror networks

Local media report at least 7 killed, over 40 wounded in attack claimed by Afghan Taliban

Terms it vital for all Afghan leaders to work together constructively in the supreme interest of their people

Move could smooth efforts to end Afghanistan’s longrunning war and launch peace talks

Abbas Stanikzai says New Delhi has always played a negative role in the war-torn country

UK and Italy have reported more than 30,000 fatalities each, France and Spain have reported more than 27,000 each

The Express Tribune found the claim to be false as a fake image from 2014 has gone viral

These attacks are not some snapshots in time

At least 38 people, including women and babies, died in two terror strikes in the war-torn country

Health ministry officials say that mothers, nurses and children are among the dead and wounded

Airlines are struggling globally but the loss of Afghanistan’s aviation sector have extra collateral damage

The 57-year-old believes that this would be an outside-the-box approach to help identify players involved in fixing