Afghanistan

The UK government said on Tuesday that India, as a vital ally in the region and head of the UN Sanctions Committee, will play a critical role in dealing with the emerging crisis in Afghanistan following...

According to a statement released by the RSF campaign group on Tuesday, a Taliban spokesman has guaranteed that journalists will not be punished in Afghanistan and that women will be permitted to continue working in the...

World powers are still reeling a day after Taliban insurgents stormed Kabul’s presidential palace. The airport in the city has become the last US-controlled zone. On Monday, the United States and the rest of the international...

The Taliban claim to have taken control of Kabul’s presidential palace. President Ghani had already left the country on Sunday, but the real situation at the presidential palace is still unknown. Ghani and his senior advisers...

Despite the Taliban’s swift progress, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his intention to remove US forces from Afghanistan on Saturday, promising to send more troops to evacuate civilians and warning the rebels not to jeopardize the operation....

Ministers from the Nordic countries announced on Friday that Denmark and Norway will temporarily close their Kabul embassies, while Finland will evacuate up to 130 local Afghan workers. “The Danes in Afghanistan must leave immediately; the...

US President Joe Biden urged Afghan officials to unify and “fight for their country” against Taliban insurgents on Tuesday, and said he did not regret withdrawing US soldiers from the country. “Afghan leaders must unite,” Biden...

Taliban fighters have taken over more than a fifth of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals in less than a week, prompting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to fly to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday to rally...

According to an Afghan defence ministry official, the Taliban suffered severe fatalities on Sunday when Air Forces struck their gatherings and hideouts in the city of Shebergan, killing 200 members of the terrorist organization. “Air Forces...

As combat between Taliban terrorists and Afghan security forces increases, the British government has ordered all British citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately. On Friday, the Taliban ambushed and assassinated the director of Afghanistan’s government media center...