The violence comes as a new UN report says that even by Afghanistan’s grim standards, 2019 has been particularly deadly for children
Lindsey Graham, a close ally President Donald Trump, in a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly hailed Islamabad’s consistent support in the Afghan peace process
Afghan officials confirm the two countries have agreed in principle on a gradual withdrawal of 4,000 US troops
On Saturday, US media reported that President Donald Trump’s administration intends to announce as early as later this week plans to reduce the number of American forces in Afghanistan by around 4,000
istrict chief Ghulam Habib Zerak told VOA the assailants collected arms and a military vehicle from the base before fleeing and rejoining insurgents in the area
Qureshi reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to continue to play its “facilitating" role in the Afghan process and emphasized again the conflict in the neighboring country had no military solution
Taliban spokesman Shaheen says the two sides agreed to resume negotiations after internal consultations
Hafiz Saeed has also been designated as a global terrorist by the United States
Five Afghans wounded, medical facility badly damaged
Earlier Taliban raid in Ghazni kills six soldiers
The Afghan-born U.S. special reconciliation representative, Zalmay Khalilzad, is leading his team at Saturday’s meeting in Doha, the capital of Qatar,
Fighting comes as US negotiators are preparing to relaunch peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar
US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is currently visiting Kabul before traveling to Qatar to restart talks with insurgent negotiators
The attack comes more than a week after a US national working for the United Nations was killed in Kabul
A newborn baby was among six civilians killed in a suspected drone attack in Khost
Abdullah Abdullah organized Friday’s protests in an attempt to stop a recount of what he calls fraudulent ballots in the presidential election
News comes less than three months after Trump abruptly halted yearlong US-Taliban dialogue just when the two adversaries had come close to signing an agreement to end the 18-year-old Afghan war
An Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman accused Taliban insurgents of planting the bomb in troubled Kunduz province
A Taliban spokesman said Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the political deputy chief and head of the insurgent group’s Qatar-based office, led the visiting delegation at the meeting
Tuesday’s temporary court order has surprised many in Pakistan
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