Iran's Health Ministry reported 12 more deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the total to 66 deaths, while the number of cases in the country has reached 1,501.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has questioned a key component of an agreement between the United States and the Taliban aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan.
The United States has signed a historic agreement with the Taliban aimed at ending the conflict in Afghanistan.
U.S. officials and Taliban negotiators are poised to meet in Qatar to take what could be the most important step yet toward ending America’s longest war -- the conflict in Afghanistan.
The imminent peace deal between the United States and Taliban this week is expected to be followed by negotiations between the hard-line Islamist movement and the Western-backed Afghan government.
The Taliban is demanding the release of 5,000 of its prisoners if a historic peace deal is signed with the United States. But experts warn that the Afghan government would lose one of its key bargaining chips if it complies.
Iran has canceled Friday Prayers in Tehran over the coronavirus outbreak, state media report, as the authorities confirmed that infected cases in the country spiked by more than 100.
Afghanistan's presidential election crisis is threatening to spill over into the peace process just as the United States and Taliban prepare to sign a historic agreement.
A local leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and member of an anti-militant group has been gunned down in the country's restive northwest.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has postponed his inauguration for his second term until March 9, amid a bitter dispute with his main election rival.
In a remote frontline in the southern Uruzgan Province, Afghan soldiers and Taliban fighters are happy with a partial cease-fire.
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