At least 4 people were killed and five more wounded after a blast hit a passenger car in the Kot-e-Sangi area in PD5 of Kabul city, according to Afghan security officials. Four hours before the blast, at least four civilians were killed, including two women, and four others were wounded–including one child and a woman–in an earlier blast in Kabul […]

China will chair a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday as Beijing looks to step up its engagement with both Kabul and Islamabad amid the withdrawal of U.S. forces. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday the fourth meeting between the three countries’ foreign ministers will be held via video link and would be chaired by […]

The US military says air and ground operations it conducted in Afghanistan last year unintentionally killed 20 civilians. According to an annual report on civilian casualties submitted to Congress, the US Department of Defense (DoD) “assesses that there were approximately 23 civilians killed and approximately 10 civilians injured during 2020 as a result of US military operations.” The Pentagon said […]

To CGTN, people who worked with German forces say they have been abandoned and completely forgotten. “We have been identified by the Taliban militants and we have a lot of concerns. We fear for our lives,” says former translator Wahid Abdul, adding, “We cannot go anywhere, we cannot go outside.” Abdul worked with the German army for a decade, during […]

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) foreign and defence ministers agreed on Tuesday to continue supporting the Afghan community even after the withdrawal of forces from Kabul, according to the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Addressing a press conference following a virtual meeting of NATO defence ministers, Stoltenberg said “ministers agreed that this continued support is the best way in which […]

Former Afghan Minister of the Economy and current Special Representative and Senior Advisor at the High Council for National Reconciliation Mustafa Mastoor said on Tuesday that he hopes the stalled peace talks will resume soon and that negotiations this time around need to be more meaningful. Participating in an Atlantic Council webinar on Tuesday on the latest developments in Kabul […]

Former president Hamid Karzai on Monday called on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban to organize peace meetings within the country, reiterating that peace should be changed into a national process in order for results to be achieved. Addressing an event on peace, Karzai said the US’s efforts for peace in Afghanistan have had no results; therefore, he […]

Plans to rapidly relocate hundreds more Afghans who worked for the British military and UK government, mostly as interpreters, have been announced, the BBC reported. More than 3,000 Afghans, including family members, are expected to be allowed to settle in the UK, joining 1,300 who have already done so. This comes amid a foreign troops withdrawal from Afghanistan and rising […]

Afghanistan’s Speaker of the House, the Wolesi Jirga, Mir Rahman Rahmani, headed a parliamentary delegation to Pakistan on Sunday and was welcomed in Islamabad by his Pakistani counterpart Asad Qaisar. Rahmani and his accompanying delegation are scheduled to attend an economic meeting called “Pico” on Monday and will discuss parliamentary and economic relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to Rahmani, […]

Troops from the United States and its allies are scheduled to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11. The United States has been promising the Kabul government continued support in endeavoring to bring stability to Afghanistan, including the Afghan military’s efforts to keep Taliban fighters, and others, at bay. There are reports in Western media that Washington is seeking […]