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16 dead, 90 injured in Afghanistan bombing

At least 16 people were killed and 90 others injured after a powerful explosion on Sunday rocked the city of Firoz Koah, capital of Afghanistan's Ghor province, an official confirmed

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Three policemen killed in suicide bomb blast in Kandahar

At least three policemen were killed and 18 others wounded in a suicide attack on Police HQ in Kandahar province on Wednesday morning, a security source said

Ghazni could fall to Taliban, fear residents

Residents of Ghazni province are worried about the possible fall of the area to Taliban since the situation is worsening day by day

194 of 495 Latest COVID-19 tests are positive in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 194 new positive cases in the past 24 hours out of 495 tests

10 policemen killed In Zabul

At least 10 police were killed in two separate incidents in Zabul province on Monday, local officials said

Taliban says will hold talks with government after all prisoners released

The Taliban have said they would hold talks with the government just one week after the last of their 5,000 prisoners were released from government jail

Ghani Seeks Regional Support for Peace

President Ashraf Ghani on Monday afternoon spoke at the opening of an international meeting on “strengthening regional consensus for peace," stressing the need for the support of neighboring and regional countries to participate in the reconciliation process in Afghanistan

Taliban attacks stop traffic on Northern Highway

Afghan security sources on Monday reported a cluster of attacks by the Taliban on multiple parts of the Baghlan-Balkh highway, a key route that connects Kabul with northern and northeastern provinces

Kabul to host series of negotiations on Afghan peace

Kabul is hosting a grand meeting that discusses the Afghan peace efforts

Government insists on ‘complete release’ of security forces from Taliban custody

The government emphasizes on the release of all security force from Taliban jails, saying it would be the main element of prisoner swap

Afghanistan’s political parties aren’t too powerful

Disagreement over leadership of the Jamiat-i-Islmai Afghanistan, a political party, has got out of the hand and will hardly hit the nail on the head after top members of the party decided not to recognize Salahuddin Rabbani as chief of the party, replacing him with a provisional head, Inayatullah Shadab

Kabul calls on Taliban to cut ties with ‘foreign terrorist groups’

The Afghan  government has called Taliban insurgents to cut relationships with all “foreign terrorist groups” as the militants had vowed to stop relations with the al-Qaeda group in a US peace deal signed late February

Taliban’s Violence ‘Unacceptable’: NATO

NATO's Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, on Saturday updated NATO members in Brussels on the situation in Afghanistan and said that the Taliban needs to end the violence to help kick start the intra-Afghan talks

COVID-19: 348 new positive cases reported

Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health reported 348 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 868 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported seven new COVID-19 deaths and 1,833 recoveries

President Ghani under serious fire after comments on Afghan youth

President Ashraf Ghani has come under serious criticism following a controversial statement about Afghan youth, who he said were engaged in ‘corruption’

Khalilzad: Intra-Afghan talks should begin without delay

Zalmay Khalilzad, Special Representative of the United States to Afghanistan’s Reconciliation, has said that in a recent virtual meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, he emphasized removing obstacles from the path of the intra-Afghan negotiations to get them started soon