U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan met with the Taliban in Doha and Pakistani officials in Islamabad this week. He is expected to meet Afghan officials in Kabul to talk about steps to start intra-Afghan negotiations. Meanwhile, Qatar said Wednesday that it is ready to host the talks. VOA’s Rahim Gul Sarwan reports from Kabul.
Journalists say they've largely been frozen out of a planned series of reconciliation talks
Dialogue must include protections for press freedom, rights for female journalists in Afghanistan, local rights groups say
US special representative for Afghanistan in region to press Taliban, Afghan government to begin negotiations
The Afghan government says that among the 60 prisoners released by the Taliban last week, only 19 are government soldiers and the rest are civilians. VOA's Rahim Gul Sarwan reports from Kabul.
Local Afghans are worried the released Taliban prisoners might return to fighting
Afghan civilians, exhausted by 19 years of conflict in their country, say they are looking forward to a final peace agreement Saturday between the U.S. and the Taliban.
Wuhan, China, home to the quickly spreading coronavirus is also a major university town that hosts thousands of foreign students including many Afghan students. Getting them home is tricky but Afghanistan’s health minister says, an isolated 100-bed hospital has been setup for returning students.
Wuhan, China, home to the quickly spreading coronavirus hosts thousands of foreign students including many Afghan students
Afghan officials say they are closely investigating pictures that show the new commander of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, on an official visit in Bamiyan Province in 2018. VOA's Rahim Gul Sarwan reports from Kabul.
Nakamura, 73, had dedicated most of his adult life to working in Afghanistan, trying to save lives at times as a physician and at times as a mason, building water canals for people affected by drought
Dozens of Afghan activists participated in a candlelight vigil Thursday near the Japanese Embassy in Kabul to mourn for Tetsu Nakamura, a physician and longtime aid worker who was fatally shot with five other people in eastern Afghanistan this week. VOA's Rahim Gul Sarwan reports.
