Kabul investigates as 14 civilians killed in Afghan raid
AFP | Afghan officials launched an investigation Wednesday into claims at least 14 civilians were killed in a military ground operation targeting the Islamic State...
New US-led sanctions target Iran-Taliban ties
AFP | The US Treasury and allies in the Gulf took aim at Iran's support for the Taliban Tuesday with new sanctions against nine individuals...
Afghan officials vow to probe chaotic legislative vote
AFP | Embattled Afghan election officials on Monday vowed to investigate the mishandling of the weekend's problem-plagued legislative ballot, as voters prepare to wait weeks...
NATO soldier killed as West’s war in Afghanistan drags on
AFP | A NATO soldier was killed and two others wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack in Afghanistan on Monday, days after a US general was...
US general wounded in last week’s Afghan insider attack
AFP | A US general was shot and wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack on a high-level security meeting last week that killed a powerful Afghan...
Afghanistan braces for militant attacks as polling centres open
AFP | Afghans are bracing for more deadly violence on Saturday as voting gets under way in the long-delayed legislative election that the Taliban has...
Cutting Financial Aid To Pakistan May Not Bring Peace To Afghanistan
Fatemeh Aman | A new report by the State Department on terrorism criticizes Pakistan for failing to prevent terrorist groups, especially the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network...
Votes amidst violence: Afghan candidate killed by chair bomb
News Analysis | Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, was assassinated when a bomb planted under his office chair exploded resulting...
Who would want to be an Afghan MP?
AFP | Doctors, mullahs, sons of warlords, feminists and even a prison inmate are among a motley crew of candidates contesting war-torn Afghanistan's October 20...
Afghan-style democracy faces test in legislative election
AFP | At least 10 election candidates have been killed, thousands of polling centres closed, and many voters are likely to stay home due to...
‘Price of democracy’: Afghans risking their lives to vote
AFP | From a university student to a middle-aged housewife, Afghans planning to vote in the October 20 parliamentary election say they are willing to...
Another ‘Thirty-Eighth Parallel’: Reality or Myth of the Durand Line?
Zain Ullah Khattak | Durand Line is a boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan, it spans from north Wakhan (KP) to the south in Chagai (Baluchistan)...