Newborn children who lost their mothers during the yesterday

Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan and its peace process

After struggling to get pregnant for years, Zainab, 27, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a small hospital in the southwestern corner of Kabul. She was overjoyed and named the boy Omid, meaning ‘hope’ in Dari.

A couple and their baby were reunited after the mother and child were rescued. Credit: Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times

From Maternity Ward to Cemetery, a Morning of Murder in Afghanistan

Afghans don’t need a reminder that no one is safe from the country’s endless war, but they got one anyway on Tuesday.

US troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters/Files

US Plans to Exit Afghanistan in Five Years. What Does This Mean for India?

New Delhi stands to lose not just political but also economic influence in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan calls for signing labor agreement with Iran

Afghanistan calls for signing labor agreement with Iran

Afghanistan's Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Hussain Alami Balkhi on Monday called for signing labor agreement with Iran.

Ending Afghanistan’s Endless War: The Pakistan Factor

Ending Afghanistan’s Endless War: The Pakistan Factor

Ending Afghanistan’s endless war may lead to an endless peace process, given Afghanistan’s complicated history and politics.

Iran, Afghanistan to Form Joint Team to Investigate Fatal Border Incident

Iran, Afghanistan to Form Joint Team to Investigate Fatal Border Incident

Senior diplomats from Iran and Afghanistan agreed to establish a joint delegation to probe into a recent incident at the common border that has resulted in the deaths of Afghan migrants trying to cross into Iran illegally.

 
Newborn children who lost their mothers during the yesterday

Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan and its peace process

After struggling to get pregnant for years, Zainab, 27, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a small hospital in the southwestern corner of Kabul. She was overjoyed and named the boy Omid, meaning ...

 
A couple and their baby were reunited after the mother and child were rescued. Credit: Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times

From Maternity Ward to Cemetery, a Morning of Murder in Afghanistan

Afghans don’t need a reminder that no one is safe from the country’s endless war, but they got one anyway on Tuesday.

 
US troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters/Files

US Plans to Exit Afghanistan in Five Years. What Does This Mean for India?

New Delhi stands to lose not just political but also economic influence in Afghanistan.

 
Afghanistan calls for signing labor agreement with Iran

Afghanistan calls for signing labor agreement with Iran

Afghanistan's Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Hussain Alami Balkhi on Monday called for signing labor agreement with Iran.

 
Ending Afghanistan’s Endless War: The Pakistan Factor

Ending Afghanistan’s Endless War: The Pakistan Factor

Ending Afghanistan’s endless war may lead to an endless peace process, given Afghanistan’s complicated history and politics.

 
Iran, Afghanistan to Form Joint Team to Investigate Fatal Border Incident

Iran, Afghanistan to Form Joint Team to Investigate Fatal Border Incident

Senior diplomats from Iran and Afghanistan agreed to establish a joint delegation to probe into a recent incident at the common border that has resulted in the deaths of Afghan migrants trying to cross ...

 
Shafiqullah Shafaq was found guilty on activities in the Afghanistan and Bangladesh leagues. Photograph: Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan cricketer Shafiqullah Shafaq gets six-year ban for corruption

The Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq has been given a six-year ban after he accepted four charges of breaching their anti-corruption code.

 
Taliban blamed for extorting food aid in Afghanistan

Taliban blamed for extorting food aid in Afghanistan

Country’s human rights commission says insurgents took away five trucks of food aid sent by Turkmenistan.

 
A local health clinic in Khamab district, Jozjan Province. Clinic personnel gather in front of the clinic. On their chests is written "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - Health Commission for Jozjan Province, Hospital emergency Team, Covid-19"

Afghanistan fears coronavirus may be more deadly than violence after 18 years of civil war

Afghanistan is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 after decades of war smashed the country's health systems and now millions of migrant workers are returning from Iran to all provinces in the country....

 
Taliban wants positive relationship with India, welcomes New Delhi

Taliban wants positive relationship with India, welcomes New Delhi's contribution in Afghanistan

Speaking exclusively to our senior correspondent, Doha's Taliban political office spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen said, "Based on our national interest and mutual respect, we would like to have positive ...

 
Pakistan and COVID-19; enabling peace in Afghanistan?

Pakistan and COVID-19; enabling peace in Afghanistan?

Pakistan which has been a harbinger of peace in Afghanistan; even before 9/11 necessitated the coining of the term. Pakistan now finds itself at a crossroads – wrestling with the COVID-19 pandemic with ...

 
6 killed as Afghanistan aid drive turns deadly

6 killed as Afghanistan aid drive turns deadly

Two policemen and a journalist were among six people killed as violence erupted at an aid distribution event in Afghanistan.

 
A speed boat passes by oil docks at the port of Kalantari in the city of Chabahar, east of the Strait of Hormuz.(Reuters/ File photo)

Chabahar port attains key role in supplying aid to Afghanistan amid Covid-19 crisis

India has made a commitment to supply 75,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan, of which 5000 tonnes was shipped via Chabahar last month, while another 10,000 tonnes was despatched to the Iranian port on ...

 
An U.S. soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan File photo   | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan sharpens focus on CPEC

The impending withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is sharpening the focus on the second phase of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which appears to have been fused with a larger regional ...

 
A health worker checks the temperature of car passengers in an effort to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, as they enter the city in the Paghman district of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

In random test of 500 in Afghan capital, one-third has virus

One-third of 500 random coronavirus tests in Afghanistan's capital came back positive, health officials said Sunday, raising fears of widespread undetected infections in one of the world's most fragile ...

 
Afghanistan extends lockdown amid upward COVID-19 trend

Afghanistan extends lockdown amid upward COVID-19 trend

War-ravaged country has this week begun free distribution of bread for thousands of needy families.

 
Iran: Accident for Afghans happened inside Afghanistan

Iran: Accident for Afghans happened inside Afghanistan's soil

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said accident for Afghan nationals happened inside Afghanistan soil and Iranian border guard has rejected such an accident in Iran.

 
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan

US-Taliban Deal Provides Opportunity for Reconciliation in Afghanistan: Pakistan

The Foreign Office said that the agreement signed in February 2020 was a significant step forward, creating a historic opportunity for the move towards intra-Afghan negotiations.

 
This ‘hospital needs to be quarantined,’ but Afghanistan is at war

This ‘hospital needs to be quarantined,’ but Afghanistan is at war

Even when their city was repeatedly overrun by the Taliban and fighting reached their doorsteps, the doctors and nurses in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz kept working. They dressed wounds and saved ...

 
Taliban, U.S. Engage in Twitter Spat Amid Rise in Afghanistan Violence

Taliban, U.S. Engage in Twitter Spat Amid Rise in Afghanistan Violence

Representatives of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents engaged in a rare public spat on Saturday, venting on social media about the stalling Afghan peace process.