Save the Children, an aid charity organisation on Saturday noted in their report that Afghanistan is amongst the ten worst countries for children in conflict.
More than a quarter of the opium poppies grown in Afghanistan last year came from districts controlled or influenced by the Afghan government, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a watchdog agency, reported Thursday.
As the efforts on finding a solution to the Afghan conflict get momentum at national and international levels, a former senior member of Taliban said there has been “flexibilities” on both sides of the Doha talks, the United States and the Taliban, but according to him the two sides have “different perspectives” on details of the negotiations.
A number of political parties on Wednesday welcomed delays in the upcoming presidential election and the idea about the establishment of an interim government.
A number of analysts based in Kabul say the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, former deputy leader of the Taliban will not have an impact in the process of ensuring peace talks between the Afghan government and the armed group.
Pakistan approached Afghanistan earlier this year, indicating its willingness to discuss the resumption of trade between Afghanistan and India through the Pakistani land route, says a senior US diplomat.
Seventeen years into the war in Afghanistan, American officials routinely issue inflated assessments of progress that contradict what is actually happening there.
Russia is not giving up on efforts to destabilize Afghanistan and drive divisions between the United States and its coalition partners, according to the outgoing commander of U.S. forces in the country.
The government on Sunday rejected a plan proposed by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to reduce the number of election consistencies, saying the legal period to implement such a plan has expired.
The Zionist occupation forces killed around 2,000 Palestinian children since the start of the Second (Al-Aqsa) Intifada in September 2000, according to a report provided by Defence of Children International.
Two men have been convicted of charges related to what authorities call a large-scale conspiracy to smuggle heroin from Afghanistan into the United States.
According to a Department of Defense Inspector General report, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) cannot account for $3.1 billion from 2014 to 2017 “intended to increase [Afghan security forces] effectiveness and capabilities so the [forces] can become more professional and increasingly self-sustaining.”
U.S. airstrikes killed two leaders of ISIS this month, as U.S. commanders claim they are fighting a narrative pushed by Russia that ISIS is growing in the country.