Australian police join probes into alleged Afghanistan war crimes
AFP | Australian police have opened an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed by Australian military personnel in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday. A spokesman for...
US soldier killed in Afghanistan: NATO
AFP | A US soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO said, taking the number of American service personnel to die in the war-torn...
‘Well-founded’ hopes for Afghanistan peace: UN
AFP | Hopes for peace in Afghanistan are better than they have been in many years, despite a grave humanitarian crisis and persistent violence, a...
At least nine Afghan soldiers killed in suicide attack on mosque
AFP | A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a packed mosque on an Afghan army base during Friday prayers, killing at least nine soldiers,...
Deadliest insurgent attacks in Afghanistan
AFP | A suicide attack that claimed the lives of at least 50 people at a religious event marking the Prophet Mohammad's birthday in Kabul...
Taliban confirms talks with US officials on Afghan conflict
AFP | The Taliban held talks with US officials in Qatar on ending the Afghan conflict last week, the militants confirmed Monday, but said no...
Will Afghan war end before US midterm elections?
AFP | US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Sunday he hoped the Taliban and Afghan government would strike a peace deal within five months -- even...
US-Taliban dialogue: finally a positive sign for regional peace
News Analysis | U.S special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad held talks with the Taliban representatives in Qatar which the State Department, yet another time, refused to...
Thousands of Afghans flee fighting in Hazara districts
AFP | Thousands of Afghans have fled to Ghazni city to escape fighting in two Hazara-dominated districts, with some describing the violence Tuesday as the...
Water war between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
News Analysis | Overshadowed by the precarious state of the security situation in both the countries, culminated over years of distrust and divergent objectives, the...
Afghanistan: A failed state?
News Desk | A suicide bomber targeting a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan´s biggest prison killed at least seven people on Wednesday, officials said, in...
India and the Afghan transitions – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | Political transition has been a recurring feature of Afghanistan’s modern history. Once in every 10-20 years, transitions appeared – the coup...