A temporary cease-fire between Taliban and government forces offered a sneak peek into what lasting peace between the longtime combatants could look like.
Eighteen Afghan security personnel and two civilians were killed in a series of Taliban attacks on checkpoints in the Badghis and Kandahar provinces, officials say.
Taliban militants control large swathes of territory in Afghanistan as they battles the government for greater control. RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan spoke with a Taliban commander in Logar Province, who is imposing the insurgent group's radical interpretation of Islam on a local school.
Afghan officials say at least 11 soldiers were killed in the first major Taliban attack since the militants ended a cease-fire coinciding with the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
The U.S. Army general nominated to head U.S. military operations in Afghanistan says Washington must be careful not to withdraw too quickly, otherwise terror groups will regroup and plunge the country into deeper conflict.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 69 million people who have fled war, violence, and persecution were forcibly displaced in 2017 -- a new record for the fifth year in a row.
Far fewer Afghans, Pakistanis, and Iranians sought asylum in the European Union in 2017 than in the previous year, part of an overall decrease that brought the total number of applicants well below 1 million, according to a new EU report.
Afghan activists arrived in Kabul after a 700-kilometer peace march lasting 40 days. But hopes that an Eid cease-fire would be extended appeared to be dashed after the Taliban renewed hostilities.
Afghan peace activists have arrived in Kabul after trekking some 700 kilometers on foot calling for an end to Afghanistan’s nearly 17-year war.
Officials said a suicide bomber attacked a crowd leaving a governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people in the second such bombing in two days.
Facing militant death threats for helping the United States, Afghans and Iraqis have taken the U.S. government to court for swift decisions on special immigrant visas.
Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people in the eastern province of Nangarhar by blowing himself up at a gathering of Taliban and government armed forces marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan with a cease-fire.
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