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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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President Ghani: Government will enter talks from strong position

President Ashraf Ghani, who visited the western province of Nimroz on Sunday, said the Afghan government will not enter negotiations with the Taliban from a position of weakness, and that the republic and the national security and defense forces will not be compromised in the talks

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16 civilians killed per day in Afghanistan, human rights body

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission claims that the recent increased insecurity has caused the killing of averagely 16 civilians each day across the country

Peace parley in limbo over prisoner swap

The reconciliation council calls on the government and Taliban to “peacefully resolve the problems over prisoner swap” as Ghani administration still insists on keeping 600 Taliban prisoners suspected of “big crimes”

Iran remains unhelpful in Afghan peace bid: US

US Envoy for Afghanistan Peace, Zalmay Khalilzad has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran had not done as it was expected to help the peace process of Afghanistan

Around 50 Taliban rebels killed in South

Afghan military authorities say that the over 50 Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others wounded in clashes with the Afghan security forces in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Zabul

Intensifying violence dulls peace negotiations

Former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the reconciliation council have condemned an airstrike carried out by Afghan Air Force to target Taliban militants in Herat province – violence and killings would not help the peace negotiations

12 civilians killed, 20 wounded in Herat airstrike

Residents of Gozara district in the western province of Herat claim that 12 civilians were killed and another 20 wounded in an aerial attack that targeted a Taliban gathering this week

Taliban ‘conditionally’ agree to negotiate with Kabul after Eid fest

The Taliban have once again insisted on their previous instance of the prisoner release to start peace negotiations with Kabul administration

Intra-Afghan Talks Never Been Closer: Khalilzad

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, while speaking at a virtual event organized by the US Institute of Peace, said that the intra-Afghan talks have never been so close

COVID-19: 35,988 known cases in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 60 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 557 samples tested over the last 24 hours

US Pledges $36.7 mn for COVID-19 response in Afghanistan

The United States has allocated more than $36.7 million to help the people of Afghanistan respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and expedited $90 million in continued development assistance through the World Bank to support Afghanistan’s national health and education sectors and local government needs, the US embassy in Kabul said in a statement on Thursday

Afghan defense chief: Taliban’s war has no justification

Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid, during the induction ceremony of General Yasin Zia as the new chief of army staff and Shah Mahmood Miakhel as the deputy minister of the interior on Thursday, stressed that the Taliban "are killing Afghan citizens in the name of Islam," but are "at peace with the Americans."