Abdul Manan Niazi, deputy head of a breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan, has died in a Kabul hospital of wounds sustained in a shooting earlier this week by unknown gunmen in Herat Province.
Afghan officials say a blast at a mosque in a northern Kabul neighborhood killed at least 12 worshippers on the second day of a cease-fire declared by the government and the Taliban.
This week's Gandhara Briefing offers incisive pieces on how escalating violence is rapidly killing off hopes for peace in Afghanistan, the EU is pressuring Pakistan to improve its rights record, and former Afghan combatants long for peace.
Four separate bomb attacks have killed at least 11 civilians and wounded 13 others just hours after a three-day cease-fire took effect as Afghanistan celebrates the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
One of history’s most remarkable acts of impersonation took place 100 years ago when a notorious fraudster walked a family of Afghan “nobles” into the White House.
The prospects for peace in Afghanistan appear to be less likely with each day as the Taliban intensifies its horrific attacks across the country.
Humanitarian groups are calling on Romanian authorities to help hundreds of migrants who are living in abandoned buildings in the city of Timisoara.
Afghan officials say the Taliban have captured a strategic district some 40 kilometers from Kabul, ahead of a three-day cease-fire agreed for later this week.
Talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have halted in recent weeks as extremists launched a new wave of attacks. But two former combatants say they're still holding out hope for the peace process and an eventual end to the conflict.
The Pentagon says the withdrawal of remaining U.S. military forces in Afghanistan is proceeding steadily to meeting a September 11 deadline set by U.S. President Joe Biden.
The Pakistani Army chief offered Islamabad's support for the Afghan peace process in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on May 10 amid growing violence as the United States withdraws its troops.
More than 50 people were killed by a bomb attack outside a girls school in the Afghan capital, and at least 150 were injured. Most of the victims were young students. The explosions on May 8 took place in a neighborhood that is home to Shi'a from the Hazara ethnic minority.
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