Afghan Taliban

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday that the weekend talks with the Taliban were candid and professional. During the weekend, the Biden administration held their first face-to-face meeting with the Taliban …

• Sherman says Taliban’s actions are far from commitments • Meeting with PM didn’t happen, as official hints at Biden’s likely call to Imran in near future • Qureshi urges …

KUNDUZ: Over 50 people were killed as a deadly bomb blast targeted a mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz city Friday.  Interior ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti confirmed the blast to AFP, without …

National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has said that a “wait-and-see approach” on Afghanistan is tantamount to abandoning the war-torn country and has called for holding a donor conference to …

Diplomatic efforts underway to defuse tensions between Kabul and neighbouring Tajikistan, says Afghanistan’s ministry. Foreign ministry is in touch with all countries and is working for facilitation of good ties, …

In a telephonic conversation on Tuesday, the prime minister highlighted that more than half the population in the war-torn country was living below the poverty line and in dire need …

Girls have returned to some secondary schools in a northern province of Afghanistan, Taliban officials and teachers said on Tuesday, but they remain barred from classrooms in much of the …

The group, about half of them women and girls, plan to fly to Portugal with the support of the government there, said Sarmast, founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of …

GENEVA: Pakistan wants the European Union to revise its plan to step up human rights monitoring under the new Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, in part by taking into account socioeconomic …

“We stand by” the people of Afghanistan, EU President Leyen says. The EU Commission president vows more aid to the country. EU delivers over 32 tonnes of life-saving cargo to …