Helmand [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): At least 28 civilians were rescued from a Taliban prison in Helmand province by the Afghan security forces.

Herat [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): Two memebers of public uprising force were killed and several more were wounded on Tuesday morning in a Taliban attack in Herat province.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Maulvi Naik Mohammad, a key Taliban commander, was killed and two of his comrades were injured on Monday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Florida [US], April 19 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) praised his successor President Joe Biden's decision of withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan while criticizing his timeline.

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): India and Iran on Saturday said that Afghanistan would not go backwards regarding return of the Islamic Emirate used by Taliban in their five-year long rule on Kabul, reported Afghanistan Times.

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The announcement of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan will require that Pakistan make a decision on its Afghan policy -- whether to opt for cooperation or enmity with its neighbour, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said.

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI/Xinhua): A local Islamic State (IS) leader was killed by Afghan Special Forces in the country's eastern Nangarhar province Saturday night, National Directorate of Security (NDS), the country's national intelligence agency, confirmed on Sunday.

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Eight members of a family were killed in an attack by unidentified armed men at a mosque in Nangarhar province on Saturday evening, the provincial Governor Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhel said.

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Andreas von Brandt, the EU ambassador in Afghanistan, on Saturday urged the Taliban to take the upcoming UN-led conference on Afghanistan seriously and hoped that the Taliban will not miss this opportunity offered to them at the upcoming Istanbul conference.

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan opposition on Friday blasted Imran Khan government in the National Assembly for signing an "illogical" agreement with the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) last year about the expulsion of French ambassador from the country and severing of trade relations with France over the publication of blasphemous sketches in the magazine Charlie Hebdo.