Afghanistan

The Taliban said are preparing a new cabinet as the U.S. evacuation nears its end and they expected that sharp currency falls and economic turmoil following their takeover of Kabul two weeks ago would subside. The movement's main…

The UK’s evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan will end on Saturday, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen Nick Carter has said. He said it was "heartbreaking" that they had not been able to bring everybody out. A mass airlift has been…

The United States announced it carried out a drone attack in eastern Afghanistan against a planner of an ISIL-affiliated group on Saturday, after the group claimed a deadly bombing in Kabul airport. The Urban of the U.S Central Command,…

Afghan Filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat had received an offer to leave Afghanistan hours before the Taliban took over Kabul but had declined, because it meant leaving family members behind. The next day she went to the bank. "Suddenly we saw…

The European Union (EU) will allocate over 200 million euros (236 million U.S. dollars), in humanitarian aid to Afghan people. The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday that, "At today's G7 Leaders…

Afghan karate champion Meena Asadi said she fears that female athletes still in her homeland may have already lost their fight to compete now that the Taliban are back in power. Mean, 28, left Afghanistan when she was 12 and went to…

Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi made a plea for help as she sought to escape Kabul and revive her dream of becoming the country's first female competitor at a Paralympic Games in Japan. The Afghanistan Paralympic Committee (APC) said on…

President Joe Biden has said he stands “squarely” behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban’s lightning conquest of the war-torn country. “How many more American lives is it worth?" the…

The Taliban and Afghan government officials are in negotiations for a peaceful transfer of power after fighters encircled the capital Kabul. Taliban troops surrounded Afghanistan’s seat of power on Sunday but promised not to attack as…

Pakistani forces have clashed with hundreds of Afghans stranded on Pakistan’s side of a commercially vital border crossing with Afghanistan after its closure by the Taliban, Pakistani security officials say. The disturbances broke out on…