KABUL – An explosion in eastern Afghanistan on Monday killed nine children and wounded four, according to Taliban. A statement from the governor’s office said the blast took place when a cart selling food items struck an old, unexploded mortar shell in the district of Lalopar, in ...

WASHINGTON – The annual US report on terrorism acknowledged on Thursday that Pakistan took steps in 2020 to counter terrorism financing, restrain India-focused militant groups and to meet demands of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Pakistan continued to experience terrorist attacks ...

KABUL – Two powerful explosions rocked the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing around 19 people and injuring more than 50, Afghan media reported. Reports quoting Taliban media spokesman said two explosions hit near the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital. “One explosion has ...

KABUL – A high-level Afghan Taliban delegation has arrived in Turkey’s capital Ankara to hold crucial talks. In a tweet, Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and other ministers would meet senior Turkish officials to ...

The ruling Taliban say the United States has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. The Taliban statement came at the end of their first direct talks in Qatar since US troops left Afghanistan in August this year. Besides aid, the talks focused on containing the extremist groups and ...