Teacher killed in Laghman amid ongoing insecurity
KABUL: A teacher has been killed in Laghman province amid continuing security concerns in the area, according to local sources. Sources said the incident took place in Qal’eh Fath Khan…
Taliban confirms clashes with armed opponents in Nuristan
KABUL: The Taliban Defense Ministry has confirmed clashes with an armed opposition group in Kamdesh district of Nuristan province, claiming that 28 members of the opposing group were killed and…
Liberation Front claims gains in clashes with Taliban in Nuristan and Kunar
KABUL: The Liberation Front of Afghanistan has claimed that its fighters made battlefield gains during clashes with the Taliban in parts of Nuristan and Kunar provinces. In a follow-up statement,…
Osoli says Dr. Najibullah’s legacy remains alive in Afghan history
KABUL: Former Wolesi Jirga member Kamal Nasir Osoli has marked the 30th anniversary of the death of former Afghan president Dr. Najibullah, describing him as a figure whose legacy remains…
Ex-CIA officer: Taliban commander “The Butcher” was tracked via “Bacha Bazi” victim
A new National Geographic documentary has revived a striking claim about how the CIA closed in on Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban’s most feared military commander, before his death in 2007.…
KP minister’s reported Telegram contact with Taliban spokesman draws attention
KABUL — Highly placed sources have claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shafi Jan held a conversation with Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid via Telegram on Saturday evening at around…
THE GHOST OF SEPTEMBER 27: why Afghanistan’s history of lawless transitions still threatens regional security
By Dr Muhammad Shahid Thirty years after Afghan president Dr. Najibullah’s violent overthrow, Kabul’s enduring failure to build a legitimate, rules-based state continues to project instability across its borders. Thirty…
Germany identifies nearly 500 Afghans for possible deportation
BERLIN — Germany’s Interior Ministry has identified 488 Afghan nationals as candidates for deportation to Afghanistan, and the vast majority — 267 of them — have no criminal convictions, according…
A PATTERN, NOT AN INCIDENT: what Kandahar’s latest journalist detention reveals about Taliban press control
Two journalists were beaten and detained at a Kandahar hospital while attempting to interview militants wounded in Pakistani airstrikes — the latest in a documented, escalating pattern of press restriction…
Afghanistan ranks among world’s least peaceful societies in IEP Positive Peace Index
Sydney — A newly released report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)—an independent, international think tank headquartered in Sydney, Australia, has ranked Afghanistan 157th out of 163 countries…