US and Taliban hold first talks since Washington pulled its troops from Afghanistan in August

US to press Taliban to ensure continued safe passage for US citizens and others out of Afghanistan

The extremist group, bitter rivals of the Taliban, has repeatedly targeted Shias in a bid to stir up...

Talks were serious and substantial, UK official says

Two Taliban members were shot and killed on Wednesday when unknown gunmen opened fire on a Taliban patrol...

Taliban officials have said the service will resume from Saturday

Between 5,000 and 6,000 passports are to be issued each day, with women being employed to process those...

About half of the group, which includes women and girls, is headed to Portugal with the support of the...

The current crisis in Afghanistan was always a matter of when, not if

The blast struck near the entrance of the large Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul

The rally was the first in the capital since the Islamist group seized control of the country seven weeks...

By the end of 2021, one million Afghan children under the age of five may need treatment for life-threatening...

The Taliban in June urged interpreters to repent,  urging them to stay on in Afghanistan

Klusener is at home near Durban while the bulk of the Afghan players are attending a low-key training...

More than 20,000 health workers in the country were no longer working, or were working without being...

American military leaders, appearing before Congress, acknowledge strategic failures and uncomfortable...

A group of six women gathered outside a high school in eastern Kabul demanding the right for girls to...

G20 heads of state or government are already scheduled to attend in person the main G20 summit in Rome...

Only 47% of $943m-JRP funded so far with three months remaining of the year  

Biden ordered a complete pullout of US forces from the country by August 31, following through on an...

The Islamists plan to introduce a constitution used during Afghanistan's short-lived golden age of...