Afghanistan

NEW DELHI Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report issued simultaneously in Rome and Kabul on Monday by…

KABUL Afghan teenager Amena saw dozens of classmates killed when her girls' school was targeted by an Islamic State bomb attack in May, but she was determined to continue her education. Now, like most secondary school girls in the…

KABUL The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America…

WASHINGTON The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks because of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan starting today, the State Department said. The US delegation will meet today and tomorrow in the Qatari…

BAMIYAN Taliban gunmen now stand guard at the gaping rock cavities that once housed two ancient statues of the Buddha — desecrated with dynamite by the Islamists during their last stint in power. The monuments in Bamiyan province had…

Kabul Taliban Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov on Thursday in Kabul, foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said, adding that they discussed transit, energy, and…

KABUL A former British soldier arrested by the Taliban has been flown out of Afghanistan by a traveling delegation from the United Kingdom, Sputnik reported citing an international broadcaster. Ben Slater used to be detained by the…

KABUL Afghanistan will begin issuing passports to its citizens again today, a senior official said, following months of delays that hampered attempts via these trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control in August. The…

KABUL At an overcrowded hospital in Afghanistan, the few remaining doctors and nurses try urgently to treat skeletal babies and malnourished children packed side by side on beds. The country's healthcare system is on the verge of…