Senior Afghan security officials say at least 30 people were killed in an attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel by Taliban militants, and they warn that the death toll could climb higher.
Women have been threatened and attacked for working as fashion models in Afghanistan's conservative Islamic society. RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan spoke with two of them.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told a meeting on Central Asia and Afghanistan that addressing "inequality, exclusion, and discrimination" is crucial to stemming terrorism and extremism.
German prosecutors have filed terrorism and murder charges against a suspected member of Afghanistan's Taliban accused of participating in the killing of an Afghan police officer.
January 20th marks Donald Trump's first anniversary as U.S. president. It has been a year marked by rising tensions with North Korea, Washington's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, and questions about alleged Russian influence in the 2016 U.S. presidential vote. (AP, Reuters, VOA)
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says that Afghanistan is getting closer to holding peace talks with the Taliban as a result of a new Afghan strategy put in place by the United States last year.
At least five people have been killed in a mortar attack on a market in northern Afghanistan.
Democracy is “under assault and retreating” around the world, with the United States “abdicating” its traditional role as a champion of democratic ideals in the past year while Russia and China “increase repression at home” and “export their malign influence" abroad, Freedom House says.
Pakistani officials have briefed a visiting senior U.S. diplomat on recent efforts to fight against terrorism, after the United States suspended security assistance to the South Asian country.
Afghan officials say the country's main intelligence agency has arrested a government employee in the western province of Herat for alleged spying for Iran.
The Afghan government says President Ashraf Ghani has met with a top-level UN Security Council delegation that included the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev on January 16 to discuss regional security, economic issues, and bilateral relations, the White House says.
Load more
