At least 77 insurgents were killed and 71 others injured in military operations across the country over the past 48 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement on Saturday.
The much-anticipated Senior Officials Meeting (SOM), which is a follow-up to the 2014 London Conference and 2012 Tokyo Conference, kicked off in Kabul late on Friday.
The sixth edition of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) was held in Kabul on Thursday-Friday. The high profile two-day conference brought together delegates from more than 30 countries and representatives of more than 40 international organizations.
At least one soldier was killed and four others injured in clashes between security forces and insurgents in Nurgal district of eastern Kunar province early on Friday.
The government of Afghanistan offers full cooperation to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and is ready to sign three crucial agreements, President Ashraf Ghani said during his meeting with SAARC secretary general Arjun Bahadur Thapa on Thursday.
The border between Afghanistan and Iran should be a point of economic and security cooperation, President Ashraf Ghani said during his meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Thursday.
Ahead of the much-anticipated Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Kabul on Saturday, Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) has released a position paper outlining the challenges facing women in Afghanistan.
