The Afghan government has extended the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in capital Kabul for three more weeks until May 9, vowing more restrictions on movement in the city, which has an estimated population of six million

Six Afghan contractors who worked at the Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in the country, were killed after they were attacked on their way home, a local official confirmed

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that NATO and NATO allies have "expressed support" for the agreement between the US and Taliban, and in order to "support the peace efforts," NATO will adjust troop levels in Afghanistan from "roughly 16,000 down to 12,000."

Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Afghanistan have surpassed 784 as of Wednesday, perpetuating fears of the threat the pandemic could pose in the war-wracked country

Health officials in northern Faryab said that they held talks with the Taliban to coordinate efforts regarding fighting the pandemic coronavirus in the areas under the militant’s control

The Afghan government has not released any Taliban prisoners in the past two days, with the National Security Council saying they stopped the release process because Taliban did not free any government employees they have in custody

The Afghan government and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday raised serious concerns over what they described as a significant surge in the number of Taliban attacks in the country, even after the group signed a peace agreement with the United States on February 29 in Doha

The Taliban attacks are harmful, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said ahead of Defense Ministers meeting on Tuesday

Taliban say the prisoner release process of the Afghan government inmates from militants’ jails will continue in future as a gesture of goodwill although the process has not been coordinated as a prisoner swap with the Afghan government

At least 58 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally of the pandemic to 665 in Afghanistan with warning from health officials to take the virus seriously and observe the period of quarantine to help stop the wild spread of the epidemic

US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. Austin S. Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, on Monday met with a Taliban delegation led by the deputy leader of the group Mullah Baradar in Qatar and discussed the US and Taliban agreement

The international community assists with Afghanistan to fight the spread of coronavirus, a global threat, the ministry of finance said. Shamroz Khan Masjedi, spokesman for the ministry, said Sunday that the European Union and other countries would donate 220 million dollars to the government of Afghanistan for fighting the virus

A key member of the notorious Haqqani Network, who was released from Afghan government custody last year, has gone to Pakistan to resume terrorist activities, former intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil claims

The Taliban has released 20 Afghan security forces as part of a prisoner exchange process with the government in Kabul as per the agreement the militant group inked with the US to bring peace in the war-torn country

Afghan security forces have killed at least 27 Taliban militants in an operation conducted in northern Badakhshan province. Nine other Taliban insurgents were wounded, defense official said on Saturday