Security
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Taliban bombers targeting a district centre in southern Afghanistan have killed at least 19 people, including eight election workers. The attack comes as a new round of talks between the United States and the Taliban to end the 18-year long war in Afghanistan entered a second day in Qatar. The News, Dawn, Tribune
Socioeconomic
Hangu: Speakers at a daylong conference called for free, fair and transparent elections on the provincial assembly seats in the newly merged areas. The conference organized by a local organization at Hangu, the headquarters of Orakzai tribal district. TNN
Washington: Afghanistan will continue to grapple with multiple extremist organisations even if the United States and Taliban reach a peace settlement, warns John Spoko, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Dawn
