Rahmatullah Yarmal, the governor of Afghan’s Laghman province, on Monday, narrowly escaped a suicide bombing which killed at least eight people, including four of his bodyguards

Direct talks between negotiating teams representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban have yet to begin, 22 days after the opening ceremony,  despite several preliminary meetings between the two sides

The Afghanistan Private Companies Recruitment Union is mulling launching a program to facilitate legal jobs facilitation for Afghan workers abroad

President Ashraf Ghani leading a high government delegation, heads to Kuwait and Qatar on Monday morning, the Presidential Palace said

A general strike of tens of government employees and journalists marred President Ghani’s official visit to southeastern Paktika province

More than six months since COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of academic institutions in Afghanistan with a fragile health system, all schools have reopened this week amid fears of spiraling COVID-19 cases

The Afghan government has fulfilled 'almost 90 percent' of its commitments made to international partners in order to secure continued assistance, the acting minister of finance, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, said on Saturday

At least 15 people were killed on Saturday when a car bomb exploded in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, officials said

Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council says that the Afghan government-appointed delegation and Taliban negotiating team have managed to partly solve their differences over the Jaafari-Hanafi religious jurisprudence

The US and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, in a visit to the northern province of Faryab last week said the Taliban must reduce violence as it remains high amidst peace efforts

"Were stuck", that is how one of Afghan delegates described the much-acclaimed intra-Afghan peace negotiations that kicked-off in the Qatari capital Doha on September 12

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has again called on Afghan political leaders and the Taliban to agree on a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the country and avoid repeating “past mistakes.”

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, on Thursday, met with the Taliban deputy leader Abdul Ghani Baradar and their chief negotiator Mawlawi Abdul Hakim in Doha amidst delay in the start of the direct negotiations between both sides of the talks

The Taliban has said that it does not feel the need for a mediator for the Afghan peace negotiations, adding that resolving a 40-year conflict requires patience instead, the media reported

The Taliban is a "monopolist" group that does not show flexibility in the peace process, and that their view towards justice for victims of violence is political rather than rights-based, an Afghan Minister said