RFE/RL's Radio Azadi is one of the most popular and trusted media outlets in Afghanistan. Nearly half of the country's adult audience accesses Azadi's reporting on a weekly basis.
A U.S. diplomat has told RFE/RL that negotiations are still under way in Qatar's capital, Doha, between representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban, but are proceeding slowly.
Officials in the Afghan capital reported dual bomb attacks that killed at least seven people on June 12 as reports from the provinces said two more districts had fallen to Taliban militants.
The Taliban has captured yet another district amid increased violence between the militants and the Western-backed Afghan government that has cast uncertainty over the future of the country once U.S.-led international forces leave by September.
An affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for this week’s attack in which 10 Afghans working for a mine-clearance organization were shot and killed and 16 others wounded.
A group of 42 rejected asylum seekers have reportedly arrived in Kabul after being deported from Germany.
At least 10 Afghans working for a mine-clearance nongovernmental organization have been killed in an attack in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan.
Afghan authorities chopped down poppies in Badakhshan Province amid a new drive to eliminate sources of the opium and heroin trade. But past efforts to replace poppies have faltered as farmers say they can't survive on what they earn from alternative crops.
The Taliban has captured another district center in Afghanistan, adding to the insurgent group's recent military gains since the start of the withdrawal of international troops from the war-torn country.
Taliban militants launched an attack against Afghan security forces in the northern province of Baghlan on June 5, killing at least eight people, according to a security official.
An Afghan news anchor was killed in a blast in western Kabul, the latest of a series of attacks on journalists in the country.
Pregnant women in Afghanistan face high risks of complications or death in childbirth, and there are dangers to their infants resulting from poverty and limited access to care. Some health experts are encouraging mothers to take more time between pregnancies to reduce some of the risks.
At least 10 civilians have been killed in two blasts in the western part of Kabul, Afghan security officials said, amid an uptick in violence across Afghanistan since the start of the international military withdrawal.
At Bush Market, you can buy what the Americans did not take with them when they handed over their base at Kandahar to the Afghan military in mid-May. But amid claims that weapons and munitions are traded, officials insist that no sensitive or military equipment is changing hands.
Afghanistan has run out of COVID-19 vaccine doses and is now waiting for new deliveries amid a spike in infections with a third wave of the pandemic.
Dozens of people have been killed in a spate of attacks in Afghanistan, where violence has soared since the start of the international military withdrawal.
Many Hindus and Sikhs have fled Afghanistan in recent years.But now some are returning from exile in India after facing problems amid a devastating wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The Afghan Taliban has warned neighboring countries against allowing the United States to operate military bases on their soil, following media reports alleging that Pakistan had struck a deal with Washington.
With the pending withdrawal of U.S. forces and contractors from Afghanistan, the fledgling Afghan Air Force could have some turbulent days ahead.
Afghan officials say local commandos have released 41 people from a Taliban prison in the country’s western province of Herat.
Australia says it will close its embassy in Afghanistan this week, citing “an increasingly uncertain security environment” as international troops exit the war-torn country.
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