Ajmal Arian is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
Survivors and witnesses of deadly air strikes by the Afghan military have accused authorities of killing dozens of civilians, contrary to the army’s claims that it killed only Taliban militants.
Lawmakers in a restive northeastern province in Afghanistan say Taliban control has deprived hundreds of thousands of students from going to schools.
In a public speech marking the onset of the Persian new year on March 21, Atta Mohammad Noor told residents of northern Balkh Province that he had reached an agreement with President Ashraf Ghani that will see him leave his post after 14 years.
Civilians in the restive northeastern province of Kunduz say authorities in the region have failed to disarm thousands of armed men whose livelihoods now mostly depend on extortion, kidnappings, and murders.
The residents of a beleaguered province in northeastern Afghanistan fear losing essential services and key aid after the departure of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Residents of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, where government forces have been battling Taliban militants for days, are facing a humanitarian crisis.
Nearly a year after the Taliban’s brief capture of a city in northern Afghanistan attracted attention to their insurgency’s strength, they are recruiting young religious students to recapture Kunduz.
The Taliban are seen as gradually overwhelming government forces in a northern Afghan province still the scene of one of the toughest battles this year.
Political and security failings have helped the Taliban and allied Central Asian militants to capture vast swathes of territory in a major northeastern province.
Tens of thousands of residents of Afghanistan's restive northern Kunduz Province have been displaced or face oppression at the hands of militants or pro-government militias.
With the Taliban spring offensive under way, locals in Afghanistan's northeast are noticing a mysterious influx of foreign fighters.
