Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, its northern neighbor, has decided to close its borders with Afghanistan, media reports said. Uzbekistan’s embassy and consulates have also stopped issuing tourist visas to Afghans

At least five civilians were killed and 20 were wounded in a roadside explosion in the southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack

Deborah Lyons, the United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, has criticized the Taliban’s recent “intensive military campaign”, warning that it would lead to continued violence in the country

Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations human rights chief, has expressed concern over the “sharp increase in violence” and harm to civilians in Afghanistan

Days after the Taliban captured several key districts in northern Afghanistan in a lightning offensive, locals and former mujahideen commanders, in a seemingly new development in a socially volatile nation, are taking up arms against the Taliban in several provinces

US and NATO forces came to Afghanistan to fight extremism and bring stability and they are leaving almost two decades after having failed at both, said former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, calling the legacy of foreign forces a "total disgrace and disaster" for the war-ravaged country

Amidst the intensified fighting in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani and chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah will visit the United States this week and meet US President Joe Biden, the White House said in a statement

Amidst the intensified fighting across Afghanistan and steady march of the Taliban,  President Ashraf Ghani unveiled major shake-ups-- the second time in two months -- in the top echelon of the country’s security establishment, replacing defense and interior ministers as well as army chief

Amidst the intensified fighting across Afghanistan, the country’s President Ashraf Ghani unveiled major shake-ups-- the second time in two months period-- in the top echelon of the country’s security establishment, replacing defense and interior ministers as well as army chief

A delegation of senior Afghan leaders, including former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah, is likely to make a visit to Doha, Qatar, within the next few days to meet Taliban leaders, media reports say, amid the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan

The Afghanistan government seems to be thinking hard whether to hand over the responsibility of running the  Kabul airport to Turkish forces, media reports said

Amid a rising Covid-19 surge in Afghanistan, especially in capital Kabul, the US embassy has ordered a near-complete lockdown

Transnational terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda and ISIS might be able to regroup in Afghanistan in two years, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned, adding the groups could pose a medium-level threat to the US

At least four people, including three civilians and a law enforcement member, died in a car bomb blast in the Afghan province of Balkh, TOLO news outlet

At least 21 personnel of Afghan special forces were killed in northern Afghanistan’s Faryab province by the Taliban, officials of the Afghan defense ministry confirmed