Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan John Campbell said on Tuesday he had recommended changes to U.S. military withdrawal plan in Afghanistan to U.S. President Barack Obama.
The Pentagon said Monday Afghan forces had asked for U.S. airstrikes which may have killed 22 civilians over the weekend in Kunduz, Afghanistan, amid outcry for an independent investigation into the incident.
The Afghanistan government hosted the sixth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) amid tight security on Thursday, which observers believe would have a positive impact on the economy of the war-torn country.
The Roshan Afghan Premier League, the first tier of soccer tournament in Afghanistan, kicked off in the capital Kabul Thursday, the fourth season since 2012.
Special Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs, Dr. Peter Lavoy, on Wednesday recognized Pakistan's efforts and facilitation role in the Afghan reconciliation process.
The UN Security Council on Sunday "condemned in the strongest terms" the series of deadly terrorist attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul since last Thursday, and "underlined the need to bring the perpetrators of these deplorable acts to justice."
The Afghan Taliban on Thursday confirmed the death of their leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, one day after Afghan government announced his demise, the outfit said in a statement without saying when and where Omar passed away.
Gul Zaman, No. 2 leader of the Islamic State (IS) branch in Afghanistan, has been killed along with six other IS members in a U.S. drone strike, said the country 's intelligence agency on Tuesday.
The U.S. President Barack Obama called the fallen U.S. soldiers "a debt we can never fully repay" during a visit to the Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
"My main objective is to train youngsters and inspire increased unity among war-torn and ethnically divided Afghanistan and eventually change the face of the militancy-plagued country to a peace-loving one,"the coach of a Kung fu club in Kabul, Khalid Zahorian, 39, told Xinhua recently.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif adopted a tough stance in his day-long visit to Kabul on Tuesday against the recent spike in violence in Afghanistan and openly condemned the Taliban's so-called "Spring Offensive."
"The poverty and idleness have left me no choice but to leave the country and find a job abroad to support my family in Afghanistan," Najibullah, 29, told APD recently.
The original message of the Bandung conference held 60 years ago that brought together Asian and African leaders in Indonesia on issues of peaceful co-existence, is still imperative for boosting mutual cooperation among the nations and still holds gravitas in today's world, Afghan former minister for information and culture Sayed Makhdom Raheen told Xinhua.
The historic Bandung Conference held in 1955 among some Asian and African nations in Indonesia still has its credibility in the new world order, veteran Afghan politician and former foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday voiced his wish to improve relations with the United States, when his country is facing increasing threat from extremist groups like the Islamic State (IS).
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in Washington this week in a bid to shore up relations with the U.S., spotlighting a shaky security situation in Afghanistan as the war-torn country is not yet ready for U.S. troops to leave.
The armed militancy and violent incidents are expected to rise with the coming of spring when the weather gets warmer and snow begins to melt in Afghanistan, according to a respected analyst here.
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