Taliban militants have abducted 27 members of People's Peace Movement on a highway between Farah and Herat provinces in western Afghanistan, the movement's spokesman said on Wednesday.

More than 60 percent of Afghan girls aged 13-15 years drop out of school, a new report said on Tuesday.

India and Iran have agreed to accelerate Chabahar port project, Indian foreign minister has said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday and invited him to visit India.

At least seven Afghan army soldiers were killed as militants attacked a joint base of army and intelligence forces in northern Balkh province on Tuesday, the country's defense ministry said.

An Iranian official has partially blamed Afghan refugees for protests across in his country last month.

Abdullah's team has lodged more than 4,000 complaints over the preliminary results from September 28 presidential election.

Three children were killed when an explosion struck a funeral ceremony in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province on Monday, officials said.

Taliban leaders have given their negotiators nod to agree on temporary ceasefire in Afghanistan, sources told 1TV on Monday.

A US service member was killed in action in Afghanistan on Monday, the US military said in a statement.