Ashraf Ghani
Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High
The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their...
Afghanistan Enacts Law To Control Cyberspace
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by...
Life After Sexual Slavery In Afghanistan
Adorned in makeup, fake breasts and bells, Jawed whirls around middle-aged men at Kabul's underground bacha bazi, or...
Afghanistan To Hold Delayed Parliamentary Polls In July 2018
Afghanistan will hold its delayed parliamentary elections on July 7, 2018, the top polling official said Thursday,...
Afghan Taliban Release New Video of US, Australian Hostages
An American and an Australian have appeared in a second Taliban hostage video, nearly a year after they were kidnapped...
Protester Killed In Street Clashes Near Kabul Bombing Site
Kabul authorities Tuesday demolished a sit-in camp erected to protest spiralling insecurity, triggering street clashes...
UN Chief Calls For Aid To Afghanistan As Conflict Spirals
Sitting cross-legged with war-displaced women in a mud-brick settlement on Kabul's outskirts, UN Secretary General...
Taliban Deputy Leader Insists No Hand In Kabul Attacks
The head of the Taliban-allied Haqqani network has ruled out any involvement in a wave of deadly bombings in Kabul,...
Afghans Find Truth In Comedy
They are a thorn in the side of abusive Afghan warlords, corrupt policemen and double-dealing politicians, skewering...
Kabul Voices Alarm As Anti-Govt Protesters Expand Sit-In Camps
Afghan authorities warned anti-government protesters of legal action Thursday as demonstrators set up new sit-in camps...
Last Chance For Peace, Afghan President Warns Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban Tuesday, warning them to embrace peace or "face...
Toll In Last Week’s Kabul Truck Bomb Now Over 150
The death toll from a devastating truck bomb in Kabul's diplomatic quarter last week has jumped to more than 150,...
Explosions Rock Funeral In Tense Kabul
At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician's son who died...
Tense Kabul Under Lockdown After Deadly Protest Clashes
Kabul city was on lockdown Saturday with armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets to prevent a...
Calls To Release US, Australian Hostages After Taliban Threat
A university in Afghanistan appealed to the Taliban Friday to release an American and an Australian abducted last year,...
Four Killed As Kabul Protesters Clash With Police Over Truck Bomb
At least four Afghans were killed Friday when police fired live rounds to disperse stone-throwing protesters seeking to...
Angry Kabul Protest Over Deadly Truck Bombing
Afghan police fired aerial gunshots and water cannon Friday to stop dozens of protesters from marching on the...
Global Outrage After ‘barbaric’ Kabul Truck Bomb Kills 90
President Donald Trump has condemned the "barbaric" truck-bombing in Kabul in a phone call with his Afghan counterpart,...
Agony For Afghan Civilians In Deadly Kabul Truck Bombing
Anguished Afghans scoured hospitals and morgues in Kabul Wednesday, sifting through disfigured and charred bodies for...