Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission on Monday announced preliminary results of parliamentary election in Kabul.

The United States demanded the Taliban to accept certain military bases in Afghanistan during peace talks held in the United Arab Emirates last month, a Pakistani newspaper reported Monday.

Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah cited a joke about election in the country on Monday as he regretted delays in the announcement of results from October parliamentary poll.

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, arrived in Chinese capital Beijing on Monday.

Addressing first India-Central Asia Dialogue in Uzbekistan, India's foreign minister on Sunday reiterated her country's commitment to economic reconstruction of Afghanistan.

An Afghan asylum-seeker has stabbed a pregnant woman in Germany, killing her unborn child, it was reported Sunday.

Afghan forces have killed 21 Taliban and 10 Daesh militants in operations in two provinces of the country, defense ministry said Sunday.

Afghanistan's second vice president on Sunday heavily criticized the country's electoral commissions following October parliamentary election.

Five people were killed when gunmen attacked a police station in Afghanistan's western Herat province late Saturday, officials said.

Meetings between regional countries and the Taliban in the absence of Afghan government representatives will not help peace efforts, speaker of the lower house of Afghan parliament said on Saturday.