(VOVWORLD) - A May 1 deadline for withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan may have to be reconsidered because the Taliban are not meeting their commitments under a 2020 peace deal, said...
(VOVWORLD) - The top US military officer met separately this week with the Taliban and Afghanistan's president to push for a negotiated solution as the United States pulls out, the...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council convened an informal high-level virtual meeting entitled “What can the Security Council do to support the peace process in Afghanistan?”
(VOVWORLD) - At least 22 people were killed and many more were wounded in an armed attack at Kabul University in Afghanistan on Monday, which was claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS...
(VOVWORLD) - The Taliban's negotiating team arrived in Qatar on Saturday in a sign that peace talks with the Afghan government are closer to starting
(VOVWORLD) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani agreed to release hundreds of Taliban prisoners after an Afghan grand assembly known as a Loya Jirga passed a resolution approving the move
(VOVWORLD) - The US military in Afghanistan has warned the Taliban against continuing violence, saying further attacks would lead to “responses.”
(VOVWORLD) - The US has announced upcoming deployments for seven units to Europe, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait despite the recent extension of a Defense Department stop-movement order to contain the...
(VOVWORLD) - The Trump administration is slashing 1 billion USD in assistance to Afghanistan and threatening further reductions in all forms of cooperation after the country's rival leaders failed to...
(VOVWORLD) - The Afghan government will gradually release 5,000 Taliban prisoners starting this week if insurgents significantly reduce their violence, President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman said Wednesday, paving the way...
(VOVWORLD) - The US and Afghanistan’s Taliban signed an agreement the world is hoping will restore peace to Afghanistan after two decades of war. President Donald Trump called it a historic deal...
(VOVWORLD) - US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Sunday that the United States would be unlikely to sign an agreement with the Afghan Taliban should the latter fail...
(VOVWORLD) - Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission announced on Sunday that President Ashraf Ghani appears set to win a second term, after preliminary election results showed he was on course...
(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in...
(VOVWORLD) - Afghan officials have set a new date for announcing the result of last month's presidential election, after several delays
(VOVWORLD) - Preliminary results in Afghanistan’s presidential election was delayed beyond Saturday’s deadline. Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, a spokesman of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) said the data...
(VOVWORLD) - A Taliban spokesperson said on Sunday that the group will continue attacking US troops in Afghanistan until a peace agreement with the US is reached
(VOVWORLD) - US peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan are “dead”, US President Donald Trump declared Monday
(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump announced Saturday he had canceled a planned secret meeting with leaders of the Taliban and Afghanistan's president at Camp David and called off negotiations...
(VOVWORLD) - The United States is set to withdraw almost 5,000 troops from Afghanistan and close five bases within the coming 4 and a half months following a peace accord agreed...