Afghanistan

Seven martyred as bombing targets gathering of Shia Hazaras in Afghan capital

Mar 09, 2018 06:12

At least seven people have been martyred and seven more injured in a bomb attack near a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Iran ready to help Afghanistan fight terror: Defense chief

Mar 08, 2018 10:38

Iran’s defense chief says the Islamic Republic supports peace and security in neighboring countries, especially Afghanistan, voicing Tehran’s readiness to help the country in its fight against terrorists at Kabul’s request.
US drone strike kills 21 people in Afghanistan

Mar 08, 2018 09:52

Two missiles fired from a US drone have hit an alleged militant compound in Afghanistan, killing 21 people, according to intelligence officials and Taliban commanders in neighboring Pakistan.
Bomber kills religious official, bodyguard in eastern Afghanistan

Mar 07, 2018 16:38

A bomber has killed a senior religious official and his bodyguard and wounded nearly a dozen others in eastern Afghanistan.
Talks at impasse as Taliban seek direct negotiations with US

Mar 04, 2018 16:03

The Afghan government's surprising new peace offer to Taliban is immediately running into a wall as the militants show no sign of shifting from their demand that talks for a conflict-ending compromise take place with Washington, not Kabul, a media report says.
Car bomb targeting foreign troops kills 1 in Afghan capital

Mar 02, 2018 10:35

The Afghan capital has been rocked by a strong car bomb blast, which targeted foreign troops and which killed at least one person and wounded four others.
Afghan president offers direct talks with Taliban

Feb 28, 2018 06:36

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has called on the Taliban militant group to join peace talks “without preconditions,” even as he called on the outfit to accept the rule of law.
Deadly blast hits area near US Embassy in Afghan capital

Feb 24, 2018 03:28

An assailant has attacked a diplomatic district in Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least one person and injuring six others.
Afghan, Pakistani, Indian officials launch Turkmen natural gas pipeline

Feb 23, 2018 15:52

The Afghan president and Pakistani prime minister have inaugurated a 1,814 kilometer gas pipeline that will carry Turkmenistan’s natural gas to Afghanistan as well as Pakistan and India after its construction officially began on the Afghan-Turkmen border.
Afghans file 1.7 million war crime complaints with ICC

Feb 16, 2018 11:58

A human rights group says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has received over one and a half million statements of alleged war crimes from Afghan citizens in a span of three months.