Afghan police detained on Saturday two women in the western Herat province of Afghanistan on charges of drug trafficking

The Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday that the country's National Police have killed Taliban's chief for Oba district of the province of Herat while repelling an attack the militants attempted to perpetrate in the area

The Taliban group, which vowed to disrupt Saturday's presidential vote, carried out at least 314 major and small attacks throughout the country on the election day, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed on Saturday

Afghanistan should be attracted to the creation of regional transport corridors within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which will also serve as a stabilizing factor for the country, SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov said on Thursday

United States Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass warned in a statement on Wednesday that continued attacks by the Taliban threatens prospects for a peace agreement to end 18 years conflict there

People throughout Afghanistan are facing limited access to telecommunications networks after the Taliban ordered providers to restrict services over fears of foreign military infiltrating the networks and posing a security threat, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the country

Zablon Simintov, widely thought to be the last remaining Jew permanently residing in Afghanistan, has told Sputnik that, despite all the hardships he endured during the Taliban's rule over the country, he lives "like a lion" in his home country and has no plans to leave