Nearly one-third of people detained on terror or security charges in Afghanistan are subject to torture or mistreatment in detention centers, according to a UN report.
An Afghan judge was shot dead in an ambush in the eastern city of Jalalabad on February 3, police said, the third court official killed in less than a month.
A series of explosions has rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing at least three people as a wave of violence continues to sweep across the war-torn country.
Mariam Noorzai is a commando in the Afghan National Army. Since her husband was seriously injured in combat, she's the main breadwinner for both her own family and the family of her brother-in-law, who was killed in a land-mine explosion 14 years ago.
Taliban attacks in Kabul are rising and government officials, activists, and journalists are increasingly the target, a fresh report by a U.S. watchdog said.
A member of the Afghan government's peace negotiating team said on January 31 that if the Taliban doesn't return to peace talks in Qatar soon, the Kabul government could recall its representatives before a deal is reached.
Relatives of Mark Frerichs, a U.S. contractor thought to have been kidnapped by a Taliban-linked militant group, are calling on U.S. President Joe Biden not to withdraw additional troops from Afghanistan unless Frerichs is released from captivity.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a car bombing in eastern Afghanistan that officials say killed at least 14 soldiers when it targeted a military base in Nangarhar.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has urged the United States to ramp up pressure on the Taliban and not to rush the withdrawal of more troops from Afghanistan.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the United States will send a team to Kabul for consultations on efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.
The Taliban is weaponizing commercial aerial drones for attacks against Afghan government forces.
The Pentagon says the Taliban are not complying with commitments the militant group reached with the United States last year under an Afghan peace accord.
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