Afghan officials say security forces have killed two gunmen who had barricaded themselves in a building following a suicide bomb attack near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
An Afghan official has warned the Taliban not to boycott the peace process with Kabul, saying insurgents that choose war will face serious consequences.
Nearly one in four children growing up in conflict zones are missing out on education, with Afghanistan among the four worst-affected countries, the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) said on January 12.
Germany is turning back more migrants at its border with Austria, particularly those from Afghanistan who Germany insists do not qualify for asylum, Austrian authorities said January 11.
A Canadian who was taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan five years ago has been freed.
At least three Afghan children have been killed after a mortar bomb hit a school in eastern Afghanistan.
Diplomats from Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States, and China held talks in Islamabad to try to draw up a plan for peace talks between in Afghanistan's government and the Taliban.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States, and China will begin talks on January 11 aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process.
Afghan forces have recaptured a northern district bordering Tajikistan from the Taliban, two months after it was seized by the militants.
An Afghan official has said that Pakistan will present a list of Taliban insurgents willing to negotiate with Kabul during a four-nation meeting aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process.
Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States, and China will hold talks in Islamabad on January 11 on reviving stalled negotiations aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan.
The Taliban is waging an unusually aggressive campaign in Afghanistan this winter, unleashing deadly bombings in Kabul, and attacking a strategic southern province.
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