When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.

The Taliban began an extraordinary meeting with high-ranking Afghan politicians -- including women -- on Tuesday in Moscow, where rivals of President Ashraf Ghani called for an interim government as ...

The Taliban on Friday announced their annual spring offensive, which comes as the US and Afghan politicians try to negotiate a peace settlement with the Islamist militants. Operation Fath -- meaning ...

President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now ...

Pakistan, which often projects itself as a friend of the Taliban, seems to be quietly working against the Kabul regime. On 25–26 August, Islamabad will host a closed-door meeting of anti-Taliban ...

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's ...