An Afghan Sikh named Nidan Singh Sachdeva who was kidnapped by the Taliban from Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, almost a month ago, has been rescued

The Independent Human Rights Commission says that 17 armed attacks were carried out against mosques, gurudwaras and other worship places as well as prayer leaders and other worshippers since last October

Political and military analyst Ali Ahmad Jalali calls for lifting every obstacle put on the road to peace negotiations, saying that this is only the Taliban to get benefit from the talks postponement

As peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban appeared to be imminent, President Ashraf Ghani said that the process will not move forward until the fate of the security forces held by the Taliban is clarified

Tens of Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with the government forces in different provinces, military officials said

Taliban militants claim that the US military had launched airstrikes on civilians in the south, inflicting casualties on them. The insurgents said the strikes violate a February peace deal the militants signed with Washington

Amid continuing violence in the country and the delay in the start of dialogue between Afghans, the Afghan government has now reached out to religious scholars to urge the Taliban to call a ceasefire and reduce violence

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday said that terrorism is a common threat to the entire region, stating that peace and stability in Afghanistan means peace and stability in Iran

An Afghan minister said here on Thursday that 12 countries have offered to host the intra-Afghan talks as per the US-Taliban peace deal signed in February

With 254 fresh positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 34,994 coronavirus cases across the country. According to Afghan ministry of health, 1002 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 32 others lost their lives battling the virus during this period

Officials in Parwan province say that gunmen shot dead two people, one of them a mullah (religious scholar) in the Sayedkhil district

The work of construction of a hydropower dam has been stopped in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, people and civil society say

Two Afghan soldiers and five Taliban militants were killed, while 11 people from the two sides were wounded during pre-dawn clashes in northern Kunduz province, a local official said on Wednesday

The high level of violence in Afghanistan, driven by Taliban attacks, undermines confidence in the peace process, NATO said in a statement released on Tuesday

The Afghan government accused Taliban militants of not working hard for peace, saying their efforts are weak