KABUL, Afghanistan — Three U.S. presidents and 19 years later, it is President-elect Joe Biden’s turn to inherit the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The question that is leaving Afghans hanging is just how quickly he will remove troops.

US troops are still leaving, but Afghans hope Biden will help

A famous journalist, the father of an oft-threatened mayor and at least 22 others, many of them university students — all were killed within the span of a week in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, the victims of targeted assassinations and a terrorist attack.

String of attacks have people in Kabul pointing a finger, at the government

Senior American diplomat Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad who is the US special representative for Afghan reconciliation has landed in Islamabad to meet with Pakistan government and military's top brass to seek support towards a political solution to the ongoing unrest in Afghanistan.

Khalilzad seeks Pak military help to push Afghan peace forward

Afghanistan is likely to receive reduced pledges for aid from international donors gathering in Geneva next month, three sources familiar with discussions said, amid uncertainty over how the government's peace talks with the Taliban will progress.

International donors likely to pledge less aid for Afghanistan: Sources

Twelve years after a New York Times journalist and two others were taken hostage at gunpoint in Afghanistan and held for more than seven months, an Afghan man has been arrested and charged in the kidnapping, federal authorities said Wednesday.

After 12 years, arrest made in abduction of former Times journalist David Rohde

United Nations said on Monday that more than 1280 Afghan civilians were killed in first six months of the year as fighting raged in Afghanistan in spite of a pact between the US and Taliban.

Nearly 3500 Afghans killed or hurt in first half of 2020: UN

As Afghan peace talks grind on, the Taliban are trying to portray themselves as a viable government-in-waiting in an image makeover that includes rehabilitating their ultra-violent affiliate, the Haqqani network.

Taliban seek image revamp as Afghan peace talks grind on

Around 33 Taliban terrorists were killed during armed clashes with security forces in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official confirmed on Saturday.

33 Taliban terrorists killed in a security operation in east Afghanistan

Atta Mohammad Noor, an influential Afghan politician, once a key leader of the Northern Alliance that fought against the Taliban in the 1990s has said India should engage with the Taliban.

Exclusive: Former northern alliance leader Atta Noor says India should engage with Taliban

An airstrike hit a mosque in Afghanistan and has taken lives on 11 children and a prayer leader, local authorities reported on Thursday. The incident happened in a village in the northeastern province of Takhar on Wednesday came during the ongoing clashes between the Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters, the provincial police spokesman Khalil Aseer reported.

Airstrike that hit mosque kills 11 children in Afghanistan: Officials

Senior Afghan politician Ata Mohammad Noor is in Delhi for talks with the Indian leadership. CEO of Jamiat Party Ata Noor is India's close ally in Afghanistan and has in the past served as the governor of northern Balkh province in Afghanistan.

Senior Afghan politician Ata Mohammad Noor in Delhi for talks

At least 25 Afghan security force personnel were killed in an ambush considered to be carried out by Taliban. The attack took place in the northeastern part of Afghanistan.

Taliban ambush kills 25 Afghan security persons

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a long conflict waged by men, she has been a rare female warlord, defending her fief in northern Afghanistan against the Taliban, her own relatives and even against the U.

A storied female warlord surrenders, Taliban say, exposing afghan weakness

The US military defended on Sunday its air strikes against Taliban fighters last week, as the insurgent group accused Washington of violating a signed agreement.

US military defends air strikes that Taliban says violate troop pact

The U.S. military on Sunday defended its air strikes against Taliban fighters last week as the insurgent group accused Washington of violating their signed agreement and warned of consequences if such actions continued.

US military defends air strikes as Taliban warns of 'consequences'

Fears are growing on the ground for civilians caught up in fighting between the government forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand provinces. Watch the report to know more.

Afghanistan: Families flee amid fresh fighting between govt forces & Taliban

At least 12 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted Afghan police headquarters in the western province of Ghor on Sunday, officials said.

At least 12 killed in west Afghanistan car bomb attack

Rahmatullah Andar was once a feared Taliban commander, locked in bloody skirmishes against American and Afghan government troops in the rugged landscape of eastern Afghanistan.

This ex-Taliban commander is now the face of Afghan security

Thousands of families have fled their homes as heavy fighting between government divisions and one Taliban rages in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Afghan-Taliban conflict: Violence increases despite peace talks

Afghanistan's defence minister flew to the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday a day after government forces launched a counter-offensive against Taliban insurgents who have battled their way towards the provincial capital in recent days.

Afghan defence minister flies to embattled Helmand after Taliban gains

There has been no progress in the Afghanistan peace negotiations in Doha as formal meetings between the two sides comprising representatives of the Kabul government and Taliban, have remained suspended for the past 10 days.

No progress in Doha talks for Afghan peace

US President Donald Trump's reelection bid has received an unusual vote of support -- from the Taliban. The Trump campaign, however, rejected the group's support.

Trump receives an unusual endorsement from Taliban for reelection bid

Chairperson of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Dr Abdullah Abdullah has said, Taliban cant take advantage of US leaving the country and any plans to "take advantage of that situation militarily could be a mis calculation." Speaking to Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Dr Abdullah who is the chief negotiator of Afghan govt at the intra Afghan talks in Doha said, "No threats should emanate from Afghanistan... It requires a sense of responsibility from all Afghans including the Taliban." Lauding, New Delhi's "principled position of Afghan led, Afghan owned negotiations", he said, " India's vision of a peaceful, democratic Afghanistan... is very much in the line of thinking of people of Afghanistan." Dr Abdullah was on a 4 day India visit earlier this week during which he met PM Modi, NSA Doval and EAM Jaishankar. He is the first foreign dignitary PM Modi has met amid the covid crisis that started earlier this year.

Taliban can't take advantage of us leaving says Dr Abdullah ; lauds new Delhi's stance

Chairperson of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Dr Abdullah Abdullah has said, Taliban cannot take advantage of the US leaving the country and any plans to "take advantage of that situation militarily could be a mis calculation.

Taliban can't take advantage of US leaving, says Dr. Abdullah; lauds India's stance on peace process

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