Joe Biden's government, following the concern that entrusting the custody of an Afghan child to the family of an American soldier, will lead to the accusation of "international child abduction" against the United States, wants the custody of this child not to be entrusted to the American family.

The Taliban’s political chief has met with senior diplomats from countries including Russia, Indonesia and Norway, hours after signing a deal with US aimed at ending the Afghan war.

 A 31-member Taliban delegation has arrived in Qatar to sign a U.S. troop withdrawal deal that could end the war in Afghanistan, officials of the hardline Islamist group said on Saturday.

John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) told US Congress on Wednesday that US officials have ‘routinely lied’ to the public with exaggerating reports on the Afghan war. Sopko was summoned by the US Congress to talk about the ‘Afghanpapers’ recently published by America’s Washington Post.

Recently, several US soldiers pleaded guilty to stealing money earmarked for Afghanistan reconstruction, but it’s not the first time Americans have been caught stealing from other countries’ pockets.

Almost two-thirds of Afghan children have been impacted by the ongoing conflict in the war-wracked country, the British-based Save the Children charity said in a new survey.

 The Stars and Stripes reports that the US military would use the largest warplane equipped by laser weapons in the war in Afghanistan.

A former US intelligence officer says the United States is fighting the war in Afghanistan without a clear political agenda to follow in parallel.

Nearly 18 years since the US has invaded Afghanistan and almost 16 years after it attacked Iraq, the majorities of American military veterans and the public believe the two wars were “not worth fighting,” a new poll shows.

Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of Blackwater, has a plan to privatise the war in Afghanistan.

At least 52 pro-government forces and 14 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week.

When members of the Taliban’s Political Commission in Doha sat down with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on January 21, talks were expected to last only a couple of days. Instead, the two sides talked for six days. By the end of the week, many Afghans hoped there might even be a ceasefire announcement.

If the war in Afghanistan has been anything, it has been a disappointment.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is expected to join peace talks with the Americans.

The US may offer Pakistan a free trade agreement (FTA) in return for its assistance in ending the Afghan war, a media report said on Thursday. 

China has pledged to help Afghanistan and Pakistan put into effect a memorandum of understanding signed by the three sides on security cooperation aimed at curbing militancy and ending longstanding suspicions between Kabul and Islamabad over security issues.

A prominent Pakistani cleric says an Afghan delegation has asked him to mediate between the Kabul government and the Taliban to help resolve the 17-year long war in Afghanistan.