Taliban draw nearer to Afghan capital after to taking Ghazni city
The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometres from Kabul,…
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Biden says Afghan pioneers must ‘battle for their country’ as Taliban acquires increment
Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday, now controlling 65 per…
Taliban hold onto seventh Afghan provincial capital
KABUL: The Taliban seized another Afghan capital on Tuesday — the seventh in but every week — as tens of…
Ghani faults fast US pullout for worsening violence
The Afghan president on Monday blamed the American troops’ speedy pullout for the worsening violence…
Afghan govt meets Taliban in Tehran
Iran on Wednesday hosted the primary significant talks in months between Taliban and Afghan government representatives, a…
Afghan troops ‘fully capable’ of defending country, says Ghani
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said his forces were “fully capable” of defending Afghanistan,…
Afghan schools, universities to remain closed until September
Distance learning via online, radio and TV broadcasts to replace traditional classrooms, officials say. Schools…
Pakistan rejects baseless, unfounded allegations regarding Kandahar attacks: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday rejected allegations regarding the latest Kandahar attacks. “Pakistan rejects…
Three foreign nationals abducted and killed in Kabul: police
Afghan police in Kabul Thursday recovered the bodies of three foreign nationals who they said…
Nearly half Afghan children out of school, number rising for first time in years
HONG KONG: High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war…