News Afghanistan Security: Attack on police recruitment center in Kabul fuels fears ahead of Afghan elections
KABUL — A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a main recruitment center for police in the Afghan capital, killing 14 people and wounding nearly 150, officials said, heightening security concerns ahead ...
News Afghanistan Security: Violence in Afghanistan Worsens as U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Plod On
Image A view of the destruction at the scene of the truck bombing in Kabul.CreditHedayatullah Amid/EPA, via Shutterstock In a sign of how widespread the violence has become, Afghan security forces ...
News Afghanistan Security: Afghan ambassador: Taliban attacks undermine peace talks
The most recent Taliban attack targeting Afghan security forces blasted a busy neighborhood during morning rush hour, killing at least 14 people and wounding 145 — most of them women, children and ...
News Afghanistan Security: Two U.S. troops killed in 'insider' attack in Afghanistan
Two U.S. servicemembers were killed in Afghanistan Monday when a member of the Afghan security forces opened fire on them, according to two U.S. military officials. The shooting took place in Kandahar ...
News Afghanistan Security: Afghan vice presidential candidate narrowly escapes attack that killed 20 people
The perpetrators should be brought to justice. We stand with #Afghanistan in the fight against terror. — U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@US4AfghanPeace) July 29, 2019 Security forces ...
News Afghanistan Security: Amid Rising Violence and Taliban Peace Talks, Afghan Campaign Begins
Mohammad Ashraf, 41, a shopkeeper, said he, too, would not vote because he does not believe it would improve security. “I don’t want to take the risk,” he said. Their fears were not without cause. In ...
News Afghanistan Security: Afghan children follow parents to work as hardships continue
Education in Afghanistan remains a luxury for many families. Despite billions in aid from the U.S. and its allies, more children are participating in manual labor to help keep their families afloat.
News Afghanistan Security: Trump claims progress in Afghanistan peace talks, says Pakistan is now helping because of him
National security reporter focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. President Trump said Monday that he could drop the world’s largest nonnuclear weapons on Afghanistan and end the war there ...
News Afghanistan Security: Pakistan PM says he’ll work for peace accord in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will reach out to the Taliban to try to convince them to open negotiations with the Afghan government. The U.S. has been engaging with the ...
News Afghanistan Security: Afghanistan Recoils at Trump’s Comments About Destroying the Country
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of providing safe havens ... Rangin Dadfar Spanta, a national security adviser for Mr. Karzai, told reporters on Tuesday that Mr. Trump’s words were “a terrible, ...
News Afghanistan Security: US Official: Bad Spending Oversight Hampers Afghan Troops
A lack of coordinated oversight of America's spending in Afghanistan has led to a waste of funds and hampered training and development of the country's security forces, according to a watchdog group that monitors billions of dollars in U.S. aid to the country.
News Afghanistan Security: US watchdog: Bad spending oversight hampers Afghan troops
A lack of coordinated oversight of America's spending in Afghanistan has led to a waste of funds and hampered training and development of the country's security forces, according to a watchdog group ...
News Afghanistan Security: Envoy says US ready for 'all sides' to lay down arms in Afghan war
The US special envoy tasked with forging a peace deal with the Taliban said Saturday that America stands ready for "all sides" to lay down arms in the 17-year conflict. Peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is leading the latest round of talks with the Taliban in Doha, where the two foes are pursuing
News Afghanistan Security: Afghanistan- Clashes at the gates of Kunduz city: Local officials
KABUL: Local officials in northern Kunduz province blame the government for not paying attention to the security situation in the provincial city, saying that the clashes were now at the gates of ...
News Afghanistan Security: Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack on Afghan ministry: Amaq
Three attackers were killed by security forces who battled and also evacuated over 2,800 Afghans from the government buildings. Among the dead were four civilians and three police officers, while ...
