Clashes have continued in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak, southwest of Kabul, over the past three days.

NATO says it will provide funding to help secure Kabul airport, Afghanistan’s main gateway to the outside world, as foreign forces withdraw from the country after two decades of war.

NATO member Norway has acknowledged that the two-decade war in and occupation of Afghanistan by the Western military alliance has failed to bear a result and bring peace to the war-torn country.

Fierce clashes have resumed between the Taliban and the Afghan forces in Helmand.

The blast occurred in the Shia majority neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, western Kabul.

The United States says it has deployed extra warplanes to Afghanistan to protect its troops as they leave the country after two decades of war and occupation.

US and NATO troops began to withdraw from the war-torn country last week amid a sharp spike in Taliban attacks across the country.

Kandahar Airfield comes under rocket attack as the United States formally begins withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.

The United States orders non-essential staff at its embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to leave due to alleged threats, as the Pentagon prepares to begin a complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The US is seeking to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline, says a a top US lawmaker.