At least 10 Afghan security forces members were killed on Friday morning in an ambush by the Taliban on the Zabul-Kandahar highway near the city of Qalat, in Zabul province, said Ata Jan Haq Bayan, head of Zabul's provincial council
Ghani fled Kabul with less than a million dollars, says report
The SIGAR report, compiled based on interviews of at least 30 former officials, including those close to Ghani, suggests a little over $500,000 million in cash on board the helicopters. Significantly, the fund that Ghani took away was not the government fund but was the leftover amount that the UAE government had provided to Ghani to support his 2019 presidential campaign.
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The Taliban initiated on average 30 attacks on the Afghan security forces each day after the Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire, sources within the Afghan government said on Thursday amid persistent calls by the international community for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire
Western envoys call for inclusion of women, civil society, minorities in peace talks
Western envoys in a statement on Thursday welcomed the formation of the High Council for National Reconciliation and called on Afghan parties involved in the peace process to ensure the inclusion of women, minorities and civil society institutions for "meaningful peace negotiation."
COVID-19 cases exceed 18,000 in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 787 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,296 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total accumulated cases in the country to 18,054
Kabul urges Taliban to ceasefire for ‘sake of talks’
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pleaded on Wednesday with the insurgents to observe another ceasefire to set the motion for the direct talks with the government
9 civilians killed in Kandahar roadside bomb
At least nine civilians were killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Kandahar province, security officials said
Taliban will pursue both peace talks and jihad: Deputy Chief
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17 terrorists involved in Kabul bombings held
The Afghan National Police (ANP) has arrested 17 terrorists involved in a series of bomb attacks in Kabul, the country's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday
Mosque bombing in Afghan capital kills two
A powerful bomb ripped through a popular mosque in Kabul's fortified green zone on Tuesday, killing at least two persons and injuring two others, police said
Kunduz police chief, district governor both dead from COVID-19
Kunduz police chief Abdul Rasheed Bashir, and the district governor of Qala-e-Zal Fahim Qarluq, both died from COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday
Six million Afghan children at risk as pandemic expands
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Washington, Kabul discuss architecture of peace talks
Top Afghan and US officials on Tuesday discussed the structure of the Afghan peace process in a bid to hatch and define the roadmap of the future of intra-Afghan talks. President Ghani of Afghanistan and the Secretary of State of the U.S. Mike Pompeo in a video conference talked about an array of issues pertaining to the Afghan peace process
Afghan government sees ‘significant drop in violence’ after ceasefire
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Afghanistan population estimated at almost 33 million
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COVID-19 cases exceed 16,000 in Afghanistan
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