Fighting in Afghanistan has intensified resulting in the deaths of over 50 people, including security personnel, as the government and the Taliban militant group were preparing for peace talks

Afghan journalists and media supporting bodies call on the government and Taliban to not censor the upcoming peace talks and hold negotiations openly

The Afghan government has freed 80 of the 400 remaining high-value Taliban prisoners whose release was approved by last weeks Loya Jirga, the grand assembly of the country's elders, the National Security Council said on Friday

A policewoman and two government employees were killed in two targeted attacks in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday

As the release of 400 high-value Taliban prisoners begins, President Ashraf Ghani in a conversation with the Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday said that those who are released might pose a danger to Afghanistan, the United States and the world, but that it was necessary for peace

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to invest in a solar power project in Afghanistan that would produce 3,000 megawatts of electricity

The Afghan government on Thursday released 80 of the 400 high-value Taliban prisoners whose release was approved by last week’s Loya Jirga, the National Security Council said on Friday

Unknown armed men set a school ablaze in Taluqan city, the capital of Afghanistan's Takhar province, on Thursday, a local official said

Two Afghan sisters have opened a restaurant in Bamyan, which is currently the only restaurant in the city that is fully managed by women

There is a disagreement between the Presidential Palace and Sapidar Palace on the appointment of Mustafa Mastoor, with Abdullah Abdullah's team wanting to nominate Mastoor as State Minister on Peace Affairs and Ghani's team objecting, said Faraidoon Khawzon, a spokesman to Abdullah Abdullah, the head of High Council for National Reconciliation

The International Crisis Group says that the Taliban haven’t declared clear stances over some important matters including the governance system, as the group has expressed readiness to hold talks with the government for the first time

Rahmatullah Nabil, former intelligence director, believes that the government had released a number of the 400 Taliban prisoners Ghani insisted to hold on a charge of big crimes

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg called on the Afghan warring parties to benefit from the presently “historic opportunity” for peace in Afghanistan

At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a magnetic mine blast targeting a vehicle in Kabul, police said

The Afghan Presidential Palace has said that Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for Reconciliation, was yet to introduce his nominated Ministers for the new Cabinet