U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has arrived in the Afghan capital on his first trip to that country since taking over as Pentagon chief in July, possibly signaling fresh U.S. efforts to end the longest war in U.S. history.
Preliminary results from Afghanistan’s September 28 presidential election --- expected to be reported on October 19 – have been delayed, the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) says.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington remains committed to “peace and stability” in Afghanistan and the fight against terrorism following a deadly attack on a mosque in the war-ravaged country.
Funerals were held in eastern Afghanistan on October 19 for victims of a bombing a day earlier at a mosque that killed at least 69 people during Friday Prayers.
At least 62 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an explosion during Friday Prayers at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
In an episode of SEAL Team, a military drama on CBS, elite U.S. forces are sent to protect an Azerbaijani power plant from an incursion, possibly by an "Armenian militia." The show kicked off a firestorm on social media as Armenians accused its makers of bias and suggested Azerbaijan had paid for it.
The United Nations said that an "unprecedented" number of civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan from July to September, calling the violence "totally unacceptable."
As the vote tally continues in another major test for Afghanistan, officials still must decide whether to throw out around one-quarter of all the ballots cast over failures to biometrically identify the voters.
At least three police officers were killed and about 36 people, including 20 children, were wounded when a vehicle bomb exploded near a police station in eastern Afghanistan on October 16.
A court ruling says the Trump administration used a "tortured" interpretation of the law to justify life-threatening delays on visa applications from Afghans and Iraqis who helped the U.S. military.
Hundreds of people were killed or wounded in violence related to Afghanistan's recent presidential election and the campaign preceding the poll, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has said.
Austrian police have taken an Afghan national into custody in the city of Linz on suspicion of stabbing a civilian to death with a knife and wounding a refugee-center staff member.
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