Taliban

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…

A powerful blast ripped through a mosque full of worshippers in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing and injuring "many," officers confirmed. Eyewitnesses told the blast rocked a Shi'a community mosque at around 1.30 p.m. local time…

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…

KOHDAMAN, Afghanistan Around 1,000 Taliban supporters attended a rally today in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan. The crowd, made up only of men and boys, listened…

The Afghan central bank ran down most of its U.S. dollar cash reserves within the weeks before the Taliban took control of the country, according to an assessment prepared for Afghanistan's international donors, exacerbating the current…