Afghanistan

Afghan teenage girl kills two Taliban militants in retaliation for killing of parents

Jul 22, 2020 04:39

A teenage girl in Afghanistan has shot dead two Taliban militants and injured several others in an act of retaliation for the killing of her parents.
Russia bounties story in US media aimed at spoiling peace deal: Taliban

Jul 20, 2020 07:58

A Taliban official has dismissed as fake a recent report in the US media that accused Russia of paying the militant group to kill American troops in Afghanistan, saying the report was a byproduct of US political infighting and aimed at spoiling a Taliban-Washington peace deal.
Afghanistan’s 1st transit goods shipped to China via Iran’s strategic port

Jul 20, 2020 02:17

Afghanistan’s first transit goods were shipped to China via Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Port, said the director-general of Ports and Maritime Department of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, where Chabahar lies.
Taliban have no office in Iran: Deputy foreign minister

Jul 19, 2020 11:37

The Taliban militant group has no office in the Islamic Republic, says Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, rejecting reports claiming otherwise.
Iran ready to help Afghan govt. advance national peace process: Deputy FM

Jul 16, 2020 05:14

A senior Iranian diplomat has expressed the country’s readiness to help the Afghan government advance the peace process in the conflict-ridden country.
US says deal with Taliban enters ‘next phase’

Jul 15, 2020 03:34

The United States says its deal with Taliban has entered the “next phase,” even as the militant group ramps up violence in Afghanistan.
11 killed in clashes after Taliban car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Samangan

Jul 14, 2020 01:25

Eleven Afghan security personnel have been killed in clashes with the Taliban militants following a car bombing at a government compound in the northern province of Samangan.
Dozens wounded in blast, gunfire near Afghan intel agency office

Jul 13, 2020 09:38

Dozens of people have been wounded in a car bomb blast followed by a shooting attack near an office of the Afghan intelligence agency in the Northern Province of Samangan.
Russia rejects ‘unscrupulous speculation’ alleging offer of bounties to Taliban

Jul 10, 2020 09:26

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed “unscrupulous speculation” about alleged Russian ties with the Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
Iranian railway to provide landlocked Afghanistan with a lifeline

Jul 08, 2020 23:47

A 610-kilometer railway connecting Iran’s only ocean port of Chabahar to Zahedan near the eastern border would provide a lifeline to the landlocked Afghanistan, a country where the transport system has been hampered by years of war and a fierce rivalry between two major neighbors of India and Pakistan.