The United States will continue to support the Afghan government and Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF), assured the US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad in a one-day visit to Kabul
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.
The United States will continue to support the Afghan government and Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF), assured the US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad in a one-day visit to Kabul
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has given assurance of the safety of interpreters who had worked for foreign militaries during the 20 years of their stay in the war-torn country
At least eleven civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in Afghanistan’s Badghis province when a roadside bomb hit the vehicle there were traveling in. No group, including the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack
At Least seven Afghanistan soldiers and eight security force personnel were killed in two separate Taliban attacks since Thursday, media reports said on Saturday
At least ten people have been killed and over a dozen injured as three bombs went off in Afghan capital Kabul. The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has denied its involvement in the explosions
The US may withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan by July 4, its independence day, well ahead of the September 11, 2021 deadline set by President Joe Biden last month, according to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
At least eight people died as an explosion, which targeted buses, hit Sar-e-Karez area of PD3 in Kabul city on Tuesday, media reports said
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on both the Taliban and the Afghan government to work on nationalizing the current peace process, adding both parties need to hold talks within Afghanistan
Thousands of Afghans, who have had worked for the British military as supporting local staff during its stay in Afghanistan, will be granted permission to settle in the UK, the British government announced, after considering the threat to their lives as foreign forces are withdrawing
Afghanistan has witnessed a record jump in the number of coronavirus infections this week, touching almost 1000 on Friday, and authorities there have ordered to close down schools for two weeks
The Afghan government and security forces are strong enough to stand on their feet alone in the absence of international troops support, said NATO Secretary-General Janes Stoltenberg
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has warned Afghan neighbors against hosting US troops, saying it would a “great historic mistake”. The group also threatened that they would “not remain silent”, reported TOLOnews
Afghan special forces liberated 41 captives from a Taliban prison in the western province of Herat, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday
Australia will close down its embassy in Kabul this week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday, citing the uncertain security environment, thus making it the first major country to shut down its mission after the announcement of foreign troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Some Afghans who have worked with German troops in Afghanistan, especially in the north, have said they are facing threat to their lives