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An Afghan Air Force pilot was assassinated in Kabul as a result of an explosion that targeted his vehicle in Chahar Asiab district in Kabul on Saturday, sources said.

A well-known local comedian, Nazar Mohammad, who was known as Khasha Jawan, was gunned down on Tuesday, allegedly by the Taliban, in Kandahar, sparking

Afghanistan has replaced its army chief, as Taliban militants continue to make rapid advances. The insurgents have now taken control of nine of the 34 provincial capitals. In their latest offensive, sources told the BBC that the Taliban had entered the centre of the city of Ghazni, where heavy

Amid the growing Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan official expressed anguish over an unparalleled wave of mass killing in the country as he questioned: What is stopping the world from taking a clear stance and forcing Pakistan and Taliban to stop it? As the war

As the Afghan government fights for its very survival, the question is whether the Taliban’s momentum is now so strong the collapse of the government becomes…

President Ghani Recalls Afghan Envoy from Pakistan President Ghani has recalled the Afghan envoy and other Afghan diplomats from Islamabad over the kidnapping and torturing of Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad, Najibullah Alikhil.  The kidnappers of the ambassador’s daughter must be brought to justice and the safety of Afghan diplomats in Pakistan be secured, presidential adviser Waheed Omer said on Sunday night, adding that the Afghan envoy will remain in K...

Taliban Attacks Prove Group Has Not Changed: Ghani Aide Following repeated attacks by the Taliban in various parts of the country, particularly in the north, President Ghani’s senior adviser Waheed Omer said on Tuesday that the group, with its attacks and “subversive” activities in the last month, has proved that it has not changed at all.   Addressing a gathering to introduce Brig. Gen. Ajmal Omar Shinwari as spokesman for the security and defense forces, Omer said that recent attacks...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The U.S. insists it will continue to put "full weight" into diplomatic efforts. • 8 min read Biden to remove all US forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 The president is expected to announce the withdrawal of troops from the Middle Eastern country by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted Americas longest war.Manpreet Romana/AFP via Getty Images, FILE The war in Afghanistan is not ...

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/biden-to-declare-it/"></div>WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will declare on Wednesday he plans to end the longest U.S. war and that it is “time for American troops to come home” from Afghanistan, looking to close the book on 20 years of U.S. military involvement there even as critics warn that peace is not assured. “We went […]<!-- AddThis Advanced S...

US plans to end the longest war and looks to close the book on 20 years of Americas military involvement in Afghanistan