Gen. McKenzie met with President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul to discuss the Afghan peace process and U.S. supports for the government forces and security situation in Afghanistan, the statement read.
Both expressed concern over a surge in violence in the country.
The visit comes as two conferences on Afghanistan will be held in Russia and Turkey.
Top Afghan official—Afghan President’ National Security Adviser—Hamdullah Mohib told reporters on Saturday...
The new infections were registered in Kabul and Baghlan provinces.
No patient has lost live to the coronavirus within the last 24 hours, according to the latest data by the health ministry.
The total fatalities in the country stood at 2,457, a data by the ministry indicated.
According to the official data provided by the health ministry, at least three patients having been infected with the...
Afghan forces have carried out operations in Zhari and Arghandab districts of southern Kandahar province, a statement by Defense Ministry read.
At least 28 Taliban fighters were killed and another eight wounded during the operation, it said.
A number of weapons and explosives were also demolished.
The statement added that as many as 11 IEDs were also found and defused.
The Taliban officials have yet to comment....
At least three civilians were killed and another four wounded after the car they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb on way to Kandahar-Trinkot highway, Mohammad Omar Shirzad, provincial governor for the Afghan southern Urozgan province said.
Two men and one child was among the dead while three children and one woman were wounded in the explosion, he said.
He pointed the blame at...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed concern over the high rate of civilian deaths in Afghanistan, calling for immediate end to these deliberate targeted attacks.
“These heinous attacks have targeted civil servants, the judiciary, the media, healthcare and humanitarian workers, including women in prominent positions, those who protect and promote human rights, and ethnic and religious minorities,” it read.
The attacks claiming civilians...
Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, spokesman for the provincial health department, said a teenage girl lost her life after a school tableau fell down due to severe storm in western Herat province.
The incident took place today morning.
The storm has caused material damages to other areas of the province, according to him....
Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said a car loaded with explosives detonated near the 14th police district of Herat city late last night.
He put the toll of casualties to eight killed and 54 others wounded.
There were children among the dead and wounded, he said.
Afghan officials are pointing the blame at Taliban, but the group has yet to comment.
There was no claim...
The peace envoy Khalilzad accompanied by General Scott Miller, the U.S. Commander of Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan told the Pakistani military that Islamabad continues to have an important role in the peace process.
A statement by U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Pakistan said that Ambassador Khalilzad emphasized “the need to accelerate progress towards a just and durable peace in Afghanistan.”
“Ambassador Khalilzad emphasized Pakistan’s...
An IED incorporating a mobile phone was placed inside a container near Abu Obaid Jawzjani school in Maimana city, police spokesman Karim Yourish said.
The provincial police found and defused the bomb Monday evening.
There was arrest made yet.
Bomb attacks in Afghanistan mostly claim civilians.
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Afghan security and defense forces launched operations against Taliban insurgents in Lab-e Nahr area of Chamtal district in northern Balkh province.
Bilal, the Taliban shadow deputy governor for Chaharbolak district, and four other militants have been killed in the Afghan forces raid, it said.
Another six Taliban fighters have been wounded in the attack.
The Taliban officials have not commented yet. ...
