Afghanistan

Seven people of Hazara ethnic group brutally killed in Afghanistan’s restive east

Mar 05, 2021 06:16

At least seven members of the persecuted Hazara ethnic group have been brutally killed in Afghanistan’s restive province of Nangarhar, in the latest attack against the largely Shia minority.
Female doctor killed in eastern Afghanistan roadside bombing

Mar 04, 2021 12:14

A bomb explosion has targeted a female doctor in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad, local officials say, shortly after three female media workers were killed in the city.
Daesh claims responsibility for killing 3 female media workers in Afghanistan

Mar 03, 2021 14:51

The Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed three female media workers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Peace still missing link in Afghanistan despite peace deal

Mar 01, 2021 14:25

One year has passed from a meeting in the Qatari capital, Doha, where the US and Taliban representatives inked a deal to put an end to decades-long misery of the Afghan nation by reaching an agreement to bring peace to the war-ravaged country.
Afghanistan launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Feb 24, 2021 09:36

Afghanistan has started its first COVID-19 vaccinations, administering doses first to security forces, health workers and journalists. The campaign comes amid a sharp rise in violence in the war-torn country.
UN concerned at surge in civilian casualties as Taliban, govt. resume peace talks in Doha

Feb 23, 2021 15:55

The United Nations (UN) says civilian casualties in Afghanistan have seen a sharp rise since US-brokered intra-Afghan peace talks began last year.
Pentagon says no decision made yet regarding US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan

Feb 20, 2021 07:49

The US says it has made no decision yet regarding the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, claiming that ‘violence’ must be reduced in the war-ravaged country, where American forces are present for the past 20 years.
No decision on any NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan: Stoltenberg

Feb 19, 2021 06:23

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says defense ministers from the Western military alliance made no decision at a recent meeting in Brussels on whether or when to pull out of war-torn Afghanistan.
Afghan professor killed in Kabul bomb blast amid surge in violence

Feb 18, 2021 17:47

A Kabul University professor has been killed when a bomb hit his car in Afghanistan's capital as several parts of the conflict-ridden country continue to suffer from a wave of assassinations.
NATO says will not pull forces out of Afghanistan ‘before time is right’

Feb 16, 2021 07:49

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance will not pull its forces out of Afghanistan “before the time is right,” two decades after it invaded the country on the pretext of fighting terror.