The Taliban have issued a threat to Afghan media, saying journalists will be targeted unless news outlets stop broadcasting what they describe as government propaganda against the militants.
Dozens of senior Afghan political figures are attending a peace conference in neighboring Pakistan aimed at paving the way for an intra-Afghan dialogue to end almost two decades of war with the Taliban.
A U.S. government watchdog says a lack of coordinated oversight of U.S. spending in Afghanistan has led to a waste of funds and hampered the training and development of Afghan security forces.
Health officials in Afghanistan say polio cases are on the rise amid conspiracy theories about international vaccination programs.
Chaos erupted in Afghanistan's lower house of parliament when a group of lawmakers tried to block Mir Rahman Rahmani from taking the speaker's seat following a disputed vote. Video from June 19 showed lawmakers flipping the speaker's desk and smashing the chair to stop him from taking up the post.
An Afghan human trafficker and three Bulgarian accomplices have received life sentences over the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated inside a sealed refrigeration truck abandoned near an Austrian village in 2015.
Chaotic scenes erupted in Afghanistan's lower house of parliament on June 19 amid a weeks-long dispute over the election of a speaker.
The U.S. envoy seeking a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban has said Washington is seeking a “comprehensive peace agreement, not a withdrawal agreement” in its talks with the Taliban.
The tallest tower in the famed 13th-century citadel in Ghazni has collapsed, with locals blaming neglect and government corruption.
A summit of a 27-member regional grouping called the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) opened on June 15 in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe.
The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries signed a joint declaration on June 14 at their summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, calling for greater cooperation among member countries and reaffirming their intent to ensure security for their region.
A summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opened on June 14 in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.
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