Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded a joint investigation by the Afghan government and U.S. military into alleged summary executions by special forces linked with Kabul's intelligence service, a statement by the watchdog said February 21.
The bodies of nine civilians abducted by militants early last year have been found in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official and tribal elders said on February 19.
Iran and India have vowed to step up cooperation to restore peace and stability in war-wracked Afghanistan.
The HALO Trust demining group says it has cleared Afghanistan's Herat Province of landmines as part of a 10-year project funded by the British government.
In a letter, the Taliban has urged the "American people" to press their government to withdraw from Afghanistan, reminding them that the Afghan war is the longest conflict in which they have been involved -- and at a cost of "trillions of dollars."
The Afghan National Institute of Music (ANIM) and its founder have won the 2018 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish award, in recognition of “how this inspirational organization has used the power of music to transform young people’s lives.”
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting against the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria to commit to the complete defeat of the militants.
A man convicted of planting bombs in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood in September 2016 has been sentenced to life in prison.
Afghan officials say a Taliban attack has killed 16 members of a pro-government militia force in the southern province of Helmand.
U.S. forces in Afghanistan have recently conducted air strikes against Taliban and Chinese militants in northern Afghanistan, the NATO-led mission said.
The Afghan government has approved a new security plan for the capital, Kabul, following a series of deadly militant attacks there.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says seven Afghan army officers, including two generals, have been sacked for “professional negligence” during a recent deadly attack on a Kabul military base.
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