File photo from a house hit by Pakistan strikes in border areas in Nangarhar...

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations...

Marco Rubio US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday designated Afghanistan as a "state sponsor of wrongful detention" and urged the ruling Taliban to release two U...

Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at a gathering in Kabul...

Taliban fighters with an anti-aircraft gun wait near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Photograph: Reuters...

UNAMA office in Kabul, File photo. The United Nations said Friday at least 185 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded during recent cross-border fighting between Taliban forces and Pakistan...

A spokesman for the Taliban`s Defense Ministry claimed on Thursday that 41 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and 53 others wounded in fighting over the past 24 hours along the border...

The Taliban`s Defense Ministry claimed Saturday that 110 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and 68 wounded in what it described as retaliatory operations over the past two days...

Taliban security check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Kabul after clashes erupted along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan...

fil photo/ Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...

The armed attack on Karamuddin Reza Zada, a former member of Afghanistan`s House of Representatives, in the city of Karaj, Iran, has prompted reactions from a number of political factions and figures and has heightened concerns about the security of former military personnel and officials residing in Iran...

Pakistani soldiers (R) patrol next to a fenced border fencing along Afghan border at Kitton Orchard Post in Pakistan`s North Waziristan on October 18, 2017...

Pakistani airstrikes, in Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, phto: social media...

Zabihullah Mujahid, photo from ariananews. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban regime of Afghanistan, has warned that Pakistan`s recent actions will not go unanswered, stating that Afghan forces would target those directly responsible rather than civilians...

Obaidur Rehman Nizamani, Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul...

Pakistani fighter jets carried out airstrikes on Saturday night targeting districts in Afghanistan`s (Paktika Province)...

Today marks International Mother Language Day, a day designated to celebrate mother tongues and promote multilingualism...

Pakistan`s Foreign ministry`s spokesman, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch/ file photo Pakistan`s Foreign Ministry has warned that "all options" remain available in dealing with the Taliban, including possible military action, as tensions between the two sides escalate...

Taliban testing Afghan gemstones The extraction of Afghanistan`s mines and underground resources under Taliban administration is proceeding at an intense pace-a situation critics describe as the plundering of Afghanistan`s wealth...

Four years after the Taliban`s return to power in August 2021, the deprivation of Afghan girls from in-person education has evolved beyond a temporary policy into a systematic structure...

Reports indicate that the altercation occurred after Sadeghi refused a request by an Iranian-origin monarchist migrant to display the "Lion and Sun" flag of Iran`s former monarchy inside his restaurant...

In recent days, the explicit remarks of Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan`s Minister of Defense, before the National Assembly, revealed a bitter reality long concealed beneath layers of ideological narratives...

Taliban forces in Kabul/archive Photo The United Nations Security Council, Sanctions Monitoring Committee has reported that terrorist groups continue to maintain a presence and conduct activities in Afghanistan, ranging from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to Al-Qaeda and Uyghur militants...

Pakistan`s defense minister said the country`s military could carry out a strike inside Afghanistan before the start of Ramadan to target militants, warning that delaying action would carry a heavy cost...

Photo by Pakistan Foreign Ministry. Pakistan`s defense minister has made one of the most candid acknowledgements by a senior Pakistani official about Islamabad`s role in Afghanistan`s decades of conflict, saying Pakistan`s involvement was driven by political legitimacy and the pursuit of backing from global powers rather than religious motives...

Pakistan will repatriate nearly 20,000 Afghan nationals currently awaiting resettlement in the United States, The Nation reported, citing official sources...

peaking to Russia-based media outlet TV BRICS, Sergei Lavrov/ Photo TV BRICS Terrorist activities continue to be observed along Afghanistan borders and along the India-Pakistan-Afghanistan corridor, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday...

Prince Andrew shared a confidential memorandum on investment opportunities in Afghanistan with Jeffrey Epstein just weeks after claiming he had ended his friendship with him...

Former members of Afghanistan`s army/ file photo At least 14 members of Afghanistan`s former security forces were killed between October and December last year, while dozens more were arbitrarily detained or tortured, the United Nations said, highlighting continued human rights violations under Taliban rule despite pledges of a general amnesty...

A number of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan`s capital say arrests and extortion by the country`s security forces have intensified, warning that life in Pakistan has turned into an "endless prison...

The publication of a collection of archival documents linked to the so‑called "Epstein Files" has once again reignited controversial debates about Afghanistan`s power structure in the post‑2001 period...

Since the Taliban`s return to power in Afghanistan, the presence of ISIS and other terrorist groups in the country has remained a major concern for the international community, the region, and especially Afghanistan`s neighbors-concerns that have intensified with the continuation of ISIS attacks...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said developments in Afghanistan and the security situation in Central Asia remain among the core issues facing the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), citing new and emerging threats in the region...

Afghanistan`s embassy in Japan will suspend all operations, including consular services, from Feb...

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act, legislation aimed at preventing U...

On the fifth anniversary of the Taliban`s comeback to power in Afghanistan, the group has unveiled its new legal code or charter of rule, causing controversy nationwide...

A U.S. government oversight agency that for nearly two decades tracked waste, fraud and abuse in American spending on Afghanistan is scheduled to shut down on January 31, 2026...

Afghanistan is now facing one of the most severe child malnutrition crises in the world...

Afghanistan`s former vice president Amrullah Saleh said on Tuesday that the United States transferred tens of millions of dollars in cash to the Taliban this month, an allegation that neither US nor Taliban officials have publicly confirmed...

Afghan Journalists/ Photo Sosial Media In a silence broken only by the crack of the whip and censored directives, the Taliban regime on Monday took another calculated step in the orderly and systematic dismantling of Afghanistan`s independent media space by announcing the revocation of licenses for six media organizations-without disclosing their names, the precise reasons, or offering any opportunity for defense...

Jamiat‑e Islami Afghanistan, responding to the approval of the Taliban`s "Penal Code of Taliban Courts," says the document "demonstrates the Taliban`s intensified and deliberate effort to institutionalize systematic discrimination and authoritarianism in Afghanistan...

Afghanistan`s National Disaster Management Authority said on Saturday that 61 people have been killed and 110 others injured as a result of heavy rain and snowfall over the past three days...

US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would "be there" if the United States "ever needed them," baselessly claiming that the alliance`s troops "stayed a little back" from the frontlines in Afghanistan...

Thousands of children displaced by last year`s earthquakes in Afghanistan are facing heightened risks of life-threatening illnesses as freezing winter temperatures deepen an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Children`s Fund (UNICEF) has warned...

Heavy snow and rain across Afghanistan have killed at least 14 people, collapsed homes and closed key highways, officials said, as severe weather continues...

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again criticized the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan under former President Joe Biden, calling Biden "very stupid...

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that Afghanistan`s Taliban has failed to make any serious commitment in response to Pakistan`s demands to curb the activities of militant groups...

China has strongly condemned the deadly explosion at a Chinese-Afghan restaurant in central Kabul on Monday, which killed at least seven people, including one Chinese national...

At least seven people, including one Chinese national, were killed in an explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday, according to Taliban Police...

The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan says that transferring the country`s embassy in India to the Taliban would be "a hasty decision and one that runs counter to the objective realities of Afghanistan...