A bomb blast went off in southern Uruzgan province on Saturday morning, killing a governor for one of its districts, officials confirmed.

Amid suspicions in Afghanistan against an intelligence sharing agreement with Pakistan, a meeting of elites was held Friday in presidential palace to discuss over the issue where the provisions of the agreement were seen as needing revision.

The Afghan government has enlisted hundreds of militia fighters controlled by local commanders to battle Taliban militants near the northern city of Kunduz, officials said, underlining how the armed forces are struggling to tackle the insurgency alone.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced his third nominee for defense minister to spearhead the fight against Taliban insurgents after most foreign forces left at the end of last year.

A suicide car bombing plot in capital Kabul has been foiled, intelligence agency said Thursday.

After years of antagonism and accusations, spy agencies in Pakistan and Afghanistan will now share information, the Pakistani military said, in another sign frosty relations between the neighbors may be gradually thawing.

A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Afghanistan's Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens as civil servants in Kabul were leaving work for the day, officials said.

An Afghan cop on Sunday shot and killed a taxi driver allegedly after he refused to stop, officials said.

Days after most of the kidnapped Afghan passengers were released; some of the men Saturday said they faced humiliation, hunger during three months under the militant group.

Two people were injured Saturday evening after an explosion at the University of Kabul.