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A Pakistani crackdown on Afghans has seen some families handed deadlines of hours, or just minutes, to collect whatever they can and leave forever ...
The Islamist militant group ruling Afghanistan has claimed the country is secure. But ordinary Afghans say hunger, poverty and fear are everyday realities.
The Taliban issued a glowing eulogy for Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the group’s second emir, to mark the ninth ...
The top Taliban leader has slammed President Trump’s travel ban on Afghans, calling the United States an “oppressor.” ...
The top Taliban leader on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump's travel ban on Afghans, calling the United States an ...
Despite tactical successes over two decades, the strategic failure to eliminate or significantly degrade the TTP threat ...
The Taliban government says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. In a letter published on X on Sunday night, the country’s ...
On May 15 last, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar sprang a surprise by speaking with the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi. India has not recognized the Taliban ...
By engaging with India, Pakistan, and China, the Taliban government has signaled its preference for transactional relationships. Even as Muttaqi described India as an “important” country in ...
The transitional Syrian government could collapse and spur a “full-scale civil war of epic proportions” without U.S. engagement, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio’s remarks ...
In a first, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban took part in the forum, sending a delegation of senior officials. To facilitate their attendance, the United Nations Security Council granted a temporary eight ...
The Pakistanis were among the first to call for talks with the new Taliban government after the U.S. exit, claiming the Taliban victory had “broken the shackles of slavery.” There was a small ...