President Ashraf Ghani

Taliban have won judgement of sword and guns and are responsible for protecting countrymen's honour, says president

Abdullah Abdullah says an ongoing lull in violence had set the tone for launching the peace talks

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

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

In principle an agreement is reached but there are a few things that need to be finalised, says official

Some entities living off the war economy, says FM Qureshi

Acting CEO of Ariana Airlines Mirzakwal has denied reports of Afghan officials that one of its planes has crashed

War continues to rage across the country, with ordinary Afghans frequently bearing the brunt of the violence

Development comes after talks between US and Afghan Taliban resumed a week ago

Mohammad Javad Zarif expresses Iran's willingness to support dialogue between all Afghan parties

Abdullah says it is imperative for any future talks to include negotiators from the Afghan government

Attack targets Kabul office of President Ghani's running mate, Amrullah Saleh.

Democratic experience under the US has and is likely to remain in infancy

Despite six rounds of talks already held, the question boggling the mind is: what mars the outcome?

Improvement in Pak-Afghan relationship is also linked to the forward movement in ties between Islamabad and New Delhi

We hope this new chapter is less thrilling and more mundane than the dozens that the citizens of both countries

Stability cannot be achieved with a sudden pullout of troops

Ghani’s critics say previous presidential election in 2014 was fraught with irregularities

Ashraf Ghani says Afghans stand by their security forces and will use all their force to fight terror groups

President Ashraf Ghani calls the atrocity ‘unforgivable act’

Rules out presence of terrorists’ safe havens in FATA

Dr Weinbaum believes Pakistan doesn’t have enough influence on Taliban