- On August 18, Ashraf Ghani, the former president of Afghanistan published a statement from UAE, denouncing his escape and money theft
- On August 18, Anas Haqqani, a member of the Taliban negotiating team met with Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in Kabul city
- On August 18, two people were killed and more than 10 others injured in Taliban firing on protesters in Jalalabad city who were trying to raise the Afghan flag in the city’s central square
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