Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) warned that gatherings around bakeries for government-funded bread distribution could increase the spread of the novel coronavirus among the public

98 Taliban fighters have been released from government detention in a recent step of prisoner release

The US military in Afghanistan warned the Taliban of a response if the militant group continued with its attacks in violation of an agreement that was inked by the two sides in February

Nearly 400 Afghan civilians have been killed and over 500 others received injuries in different act of violence carried out by the Taliban group in the past few weeks, security official said on Saturday

At least 23 Afghan migrants are alleged to have been killed by Iranian border troops, witnesses say. The Afghans who were trying to cross the border illegally, were arrested by Iranian border guards and were drowned

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s rival in last two rounds of election Abdullah Abdullah. the former chief executive, would soon become chairman of the new reconciliation council, according to Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh, who said that political tensions would be soon over

Afghan health officials announced 164 new cases of coronavirus registered in the past 24 hours, pushing the tally to 2,235 across Afghanistan

At least five members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and 5 others were wounded in fighting in Zare district of northern Balkh province, said Mohammad Hanif Rezayee, a spokesman for the 209 Shaheen Army Corps

US envoy for Afghanistan’s peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, in tweets in the early hours of Saturday morning, said that civilians still suffer from the ongoing war in Afghanistan despite the fall in casualties

Former Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has reported progress in the political negotiations with President Ashraf Ghani and said there have been agreements in principle and that work is underway to finalize the details of the agreement between the two sides

More than seven million children in Afghanistan were at risk of hunger as food prices have soared in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report warned on Friday

The Taliban has released another 52 government prisoners and announced they had sped up the process as part of efforts to "save their lives" from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

The European Union (EU) reiterated its appeal to Afghan political leaders, referring to President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, to settle their political differences as soon as possible and focus their efforts on Afghanistan's national interests; otherwise, future aid funding might be affected

The two houses of the Afghan Parliament -- the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) and the Meshrano Jirga (upper house) -- have been put under lockdown until the end of the nationwide restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a “terrorist attack” in Kabul that killed and wounded a number of people on Wednesday