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Eltaf Najafizada

ARTICLES BY ELTAF NAJAFIZADA

The initial withdrawal is expected to include roughly 5,000 of the 14,000 US troops still stationed in Afghanistan. (Photo: Getty Images)

Afghan peace deal in sight as US-Taliban talks hit final stage

3 min read . 28 Aug 2019

The Taliban claimed the attack, which spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said on Twitter killed 80 police recruits. Photo: AFP

Taliban bomb in Kabul kills 95 in the worst attack since May

1 min read . 27 Jan 2018

In two separate incidents on late Saturday, the Taliban group attacked several police checkpoints in southern Zabul and Ghazni provinces, killing 15 police officers and more than 10 other people, according to local officials. Photo: AFP

Taliban kill 28 Afghan police, 10 civilians as terror attacks escalate nationwide

1 min read . 29 Oct 2017

It is feared that the Islamic State may expand further into Afghanistan’s north. Photo: Reuters

Vanquished from Mosul, Islamic State preys on jobless Afghans in search of new territory

4 min read . 11 Aug 2017

The US bombing took place in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Mother of all bombs killed 36 ISIS militants in Afghanistan, say officials

4 min read . 14 Apr 2017

Further challenging American leadership, Russia invited China, India, Pakistan and Iran, plus five ex-Soviet Central Asian states, the US and Afghanistan to the 14 April meeting which it says can pave the way for talks between the Taliban and Afghan government. Photo: AFP

Russia opens new front in rivalry with US with Taliban support

4 min read . 11 Apr 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani look at local sculptures in Herat, Afghanistan on Saturday. Photo: PTI

Narendra Modi unveils biggest Afghanistan dam

2 min read . 04 Jun 2016

Attackers rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the gates at about 9am on Wednesday, entered the building and provoked a gun battle with Afghan forces that lasted several hours. Photo: Reuters

Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan consulate attack in Afghanistan

1 min read . 13 Jan 2016

Afghan security forces take their positions during a gun battle in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan on 29 September 2015. Photo: Reuters

Afghan forces fight to recapture Kunduz, aided by US airstrike

1 min read . 29 Sept 2015

Several Taliban factions straddling the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan have recently left the group due to the lack of an inspirational leader. Photo: AP

Taliban promotes Mullah Omar in militant recruiting war

3 min read . 08 Apr 2015

Newly-sworn in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers his address during his swearing in ceremony as the country’s new president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Monday. Photo: AFP

Ashraf Ghani to use Afghan mineral wealth to reduce aid addiction

3 min read . 29 Sept 2014

‘They understand that the number of fraud votes is high for them but see us as a needy team who will accept whatever they give us’, said Abdullah Abdullah. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan presidential talks in deadlock as deadline nears

3 min read . 09 Sept 2014

Abdullah Abdullah claims that a massive fraud was committed against him in the 14 June vote. Photo: AFP

Abdullah boycotts Afghanistan vote results as crisis grows

2 min read . 27 Aug 2014

Ashraf Ghani has won Afghanistan’s presidential elections. Photo: AP

Ashraf Ghani wins Afghanistan presidential elections, shows initial count

4 min read . 07 Jul 2014

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah holds up his inked finger as he casts his vote at a polling station in Kabul on Saturday. Abdullah won 45% of more than 7 million votes in the first round of the election on 5 April, with Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai taking 32%. Photo: Shah Marai/AFP

Afghans vote to elect new president as attacks kill civilians

4 min read . 15 Jun 2014

The toll is more than double that of the worst natural disaster recorded in Afghanistan in May 1991 when floods killed 728 people, according to the international emergency disaster database of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. Photo: Reuters

Afghans struggle to unearth landslide victims in worst disaster

1 min read . 04 May 2014

The landslides occurred in Ab-e-Khoshk village, Karzai’s office said. Photo: AP

Landslides leave 2,000 people dead, destroy homes in Afghanistan

1 min read . 04 May 2014

US looks toward Hamid Karzai successor in praising Afghan elections

5 min read . 07 Apr 2014

Afghan election workers carry ballot boxes and election materials on donkeys to deliver to polling stations in Jalalabad on Friday, a day before the war-torn nation goes to the polls. Photo: AP

Life-or-death Afghan vote tests Taliban battle on democracy

5 min read . 04 Apr 2014

NATO troops and Afghan policemen stand guard outside a Lebanese restaurant, the site of a suicide attack, in Kabul on 18 January 2014. Photo: Reuters

IMF’s Afghan chief, UN workers among 21 killed in Kabul bombing

2 min read . 19 Jan 2014