Afghanistan welcomes NATO’s renewed security pledge
Kabul - Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Monday welcomed as an "achievement" the renewed funding commitment from NATO for his country's fledgling security forces...
NATO makes fresh funding, troop pledge for Afghanistan
Warsaw (AFP) - NATO agreed Saturday to maintain troop numbers in Afghanistan and reiterated a funding pledge for local security forces until 2020, but...
Afghans revolted as husband cuts off wife’s nose
Kabul - A photograph of an Afghan woman whose nose was sliced off by her husband in a fit of rage has sparked online...
Afghanistan to hold delayed parliamentary polls on October 15
Kabul - Afghanistan will hold its delayed parliamentary elections on October 15, the top polling official said Monday, after last June's deadline to choose...
Four-nation meeting in Kabul seeks to revive Taliban talks
Kabul - A second round of four-country talks aimed at reviving peace negotiations with the Taliban was held in Kabul Monday, even as the...
IS claims deadly attack on Pakistan consulate in Afghan city
Jalalabad (Afghanistan) - Islamic State jihadists Wednesday claimed responsibility for a deadly gun and bomb siege targeting the Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city,...
Taliban suicide bomber hits French restaurant in Kabul
Kabul - A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a French restaurant popular with foreigners in Kabul Friday, killing two people in a New Year's...
2016: World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
New York - Millions welcomed in the New Year with Champagne and cheers Friday, although tightened security put a damper on festivities in Europe...
Taliban deny talks with Russia on IS in Afghanistan
Kabul - The Taliban have denied they held talks with Russia about countering the spread of Islamic State in Afghanistan, and dismissed the influence...
Scores injured as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
Kabul - A 6.3-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush jolted Afghanistan and Pakistan, damaging homes and leaving dozens of people injured just two...
Afghan president revokes land deal with convicted banker
Kabul - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has halted a controversial real estate deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars with a banker currently in...
Fierce clashes between rival Afghan Taliban factions: officials
Kandahar (Afghanistan) - Fierce clashes have erupted between two rival Taliban groups in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, reportedly leaving dozens dead in the...
Fears of Afghan woman who secretly filmed Taliban on bus
Kabul - Halfway through the journey home to Kabul, a Taliban militant stopped a bus, boarded, and began making a speech so extraordinary that...
Islamic State (IS) gaining ground in Afghanistan: UN
United Nations (United States) - The Islamic State group is making inroads in Afghanistan, winning over a growing number of sympathizers and recruiting followers...
Afghanistan’s Ghani condemns Pakistan air base attack
Islamabad - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday condemned last week's deadly attack on a Pakistani air force base and said Afghanistan will never...
Taliban say Omar death covered up to wait out NATO drawdown
Kabul - The Taliban Monday admitted covering up the death of longtime leader Mullah Omar for two years, saying they had wanted to keep...
Afghan forces retake key district centre from Taliban
Kandahar (Afghanistan) - Afghan forces backed by NATO air attacks Sunday drove the Taliban out of a district centre in southern Afghanistan, days after...
British Library rejects Taliban trove fearing terror laws
Paris - Academics have criticised the British government for creating a "climate of fear" after the national library declined to store the world's biggest...
IS struggle to make progress in Taliban bastion Afghanistan
Khogyani (Afghanistan) - The Islamic State group had ambitious plans for Afghanistan, but Taliban resistance, US drone strikes, and a society less scarred by...
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan ‘insider attack’: coalition
Kabul - Gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms shot dead two NATO soldiers on a base in the country's south on Wednesday, the coalition said,...