Afghanistan

Roadside bomb blast kills 10 people in Afghanistan’s Ghazni: Officials

Dec 14, 2019 15:12

At least ten people, including four women and a child, have lost their lives when a roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Ghazni, officials say.
One killed, about 100 injured in attack on US military base in Bagram

Dec 11, 2019 05:56

At least one person is dead and about 100 others injured in bomb blasts and ensuing clashes after an attack on the United States' largest military base in Afghanistan, officials say.
Documents show US officials constantly lied about Afghan war

Dec 10, 2019 08:54

A confidential trove of US government documents recently made public by a newspaper has revealed that American officials have “constantly lied to” the US public about what has been going on in the now 18-year war on Afghanistan.
Zarif, Afghan President discuss peace efforts

Dec 10, 2019 06:06

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani exchanged views on a range of issues, including the latest efforts to move the peace process forward in the war-stricken country.
Locals in east Afghanistan complain of diseases caused by US ‘mother of all bombs’

Dec 09, 2019 10:30

Over two and a half years after the United States dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an eastern Afghan province, locals are now complaining that America’s “mother of all bombs” have brought them “many diseases” and affected crop yield in agricultural lands.
US resumes negotiations with Taliban to end Afghan war

Dec 07, 2019 07:51

The United States has resumed talks with the Taliban militant group, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted negotiations aimed at ending America's longest war.
US envoy to resume peace talks with Taliban in Qatar: State Department

Dec 05, 2019 10:50

The US says its special representative for Afghanistan is set to restart talks with the Taliban militant group, a week after President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to the war-torn country and hinted at a resumption of the negotiations in Qatar.
ICC opens 3-day hearing on investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan

Dec 05, 2019 02:15

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a three-day hearing in The Hague to overturn an April decision scrapping a proposed investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan.
Japanese aid worker, 5 more gunned down in Afghanistan

Dec 04, 2019 07:16

Six people, including a Japanese air worker, have been killed in an attack by armed men in the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan's Eastern Province of Nangarhar.
Trump lawyer to block ICC efforts to open war crimes probe

Dec 04, 2019 04:15

A personal attorney of President Donald Trump plans to block efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into US war crimes overseas.