Days before Afghans go to the polls in a crucial presidential election, incumbent Ashraf Ghani has said he does not plan to seek another coalition administration.
The U.S. peace envoy seeking to negotiate an end to the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan said a presidential election slated for September 28 is likely to go ahead if a deal is not finalized.
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has described the latest round of U.S.-Taliban peace talks as the "most production" ever, telling RFE/RL that “a lot of progress” has been made.
NATO’s senior civilian representative in Afghanistan says Afghans are interested in preserving democracy, human and women’s rights and the access to education they gained during the past 18 years.
John Bass, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, says that despite some progress in negotiations between the U.S. government and the hard-line Islamist Taliban movement, the insurgents have yet to seriously engage with Kabul or Afghan society.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of Afghanistan’s most notorious former warlords, said there is "no doubt" neighboring Pakistan supports the Afghan Taliban.
The U.S. envoy seeking a peace deal with the Taliban has played down recent tensions with the Western-backed Kabul government, telling RFE/RL that he hopes 2019 will be the "year of peace."
Career U.S. diplomat David Katz discusses the fallout of the recent spat between Washington and Kabul over remarks by Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib.
The author and academic Barnett Rubin believes that Afghanistan and the United States will weather this current low in relations after disagreements over how to talk with the Taliban insurgents.
Political scientist Asfandyar Mir explains the latest developments, old conflicts, and potential conflagrations in the ongoing crisis between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says claims by the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that the United States was behind a bombing in Iran are “outrageous.” In an interview with RFE/RL, he denied U.S. involvement in the attack that killed 27 Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps members.
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