Herāt is the third-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 436,300, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated in the fertile valley of the Hari River in the western part of the country. Read More
Pakistan's Ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, on Saturday warned that deployment of militias against Taliban could make things worse in Afghanistan. ...
Former Mujahideen leader and senior member of Jamaat-e-Islami party, Ismail Khan, whose militia had helped US forces topple the Taliban in 2001 on Friday urged party members to rise up in arms as the rebel insurgents continued to make advances in par ...
The Islam Qala border town, one of the key trade gateways of Afghanistan into Iran, and the Torghundi border town, another trade gateway into Turkmenistan, have fallen to the Taliban, according to local officials. ...
After the US troop pullout, Afghanistan is seeing a massive surge in violence and Taliban insurgents have launched multiple attacks to gain provinces while Afghan national army commandos are being sent to counter Taliban resurgence. ...
India on Tuesday refuted media reports that it was closing its embassy and consulates in Afghanistan and said that India is closely monitoring the evolving security situation especially in Kandahar and Mazar cities as the Taliban made advances in the ...
Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay on Tuesday briefed Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on the security situation in Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of US troops from the war-torn country and escalating violence by the Taliban. ...
The Afghan Military killed 143 militants of radical movement Taliban and wounded 121 during operations in several Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Sunday. ...
