The countdown to a peace deal to end the 18-year-war between the Taliban and the United States comes begins on Friday night.

Taliban and US seven days away from peace deal as 'partial truce' begins

The US wants any deal to include a promise from the Taliban that Afghanistan would not be used as a base by terrorist groups.

Taliban agrees Afghanistan ceasefire to boost chance of US peace deal

He said soldiers would remain in the country ‘until we have a deal or we have total victory’.

Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence implicating British troops in the torture of civilians.

The Taliban had pledged to target polling stations amid high tensions.

It was the first major attack in the Afghan capital since President Donald Trump abruptly called off US-Taliban talks.

The president said his administration is looking at whether to proceed with troop reductions in Afghanistan.

Almost 200 people were wounded after an explosion ripped through a venue in the western part of the city.

Kabul’s huge, brightly lit wedding halls are centres of community life in a city weary of decades of war.

U.S. Central Command has confirmed that two U.S. troops were killed, but provided no details.


The Californian was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2001 and had been incarcerated in a US federal prison.

A video of young Ahmad Rahman dancing has gone viral.

Soldiers could be out of the country by the summer, one official said.

An Afghan boy who shot to fame after wearing a Messi shirt made out of a bag has fled his home after the Taliban threatened to kill him.

Thirty-two G4S employees were also injured, five seriously, in the suicide attack on a compound on Wednesday.