Afghanistan

Peace talks: Afghanistan to release 400 ‘hard-core’ Taliban prisoners

Under election-year pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for a deal, allowing him to bring…

MTN linked to payments to Taliban, al Qaeda in U.S. complaint

South African telecom firm MTN (MTNJ.J) on Monday said it was reviewing allegations that it,…

Over 1,300 IS fighters, loyalists surrender in Afghanistan

Officials said on Friday that a total of 1,301 fighters and families of the Islamic…

9 police officers killed in Afghanistan

At least nine police officers were killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar…

Judge gunned down in E. Afghan province

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a local judge in Afghanistan’s Eastern Paktia Province, a local…

Pakistan closes border with Afghanistan after Taliban poll warning

Pakistan on Friday closed all border crossings with Afghanistan in a bid to improve security…

9 police killed in insider attack in Afghanistan

Nine Afghan police personnel were killed after two comrades turned their guns against them in…

Taliban kidnap 6 Afghan journalists

The Taliban have kidnapped six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organisations in…

2 new polio cases reported in Afghanistan – Govt

Two fresh polio cases had been detected in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province, the Ministry of…

Taliban kills 13 police in south of Afghanistan

Hajji Atta Jan, head of provincial council on Tuesday said 13 policemen were killed and…