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...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) and his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is determined to safeguard its independence, security, and sovereignty in the face of terrorism and foreign intervention...

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...

The United Nations has raised an urgent alarm over Afghanistan`s worsening humanitarian crisis, citing three simultaneous challenges that are significantly straining the country`s stability and welfare...

As the Taliban`s restrictions on education continue, a new report by the United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that Afghanistan is facing one of the most severe education and learning crises in the world...

The United Nations has warned that returning to Afghanistan does not guarantee successful reintegration, with new figures showing that only 11 percent of Afghan returnees have been able to find jobs...

Pakistan has emerged as the country most affected by the Islamic Emirate-Taliban of Afghanistan`s return to power in 2021, according to a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG), as cited by Pakistani daily Dawn...

Turkey has withdrawn from its mediation role in the escalating Pakistan-Afghanistan dispute after repeated diplomatic efforts failed to narrow deep-rooted differences between Islamabad and the Taliban India`s CNN News18 reported citing senior security and diplomatic sources...

Former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday proposed a potential security agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying such a deal could be game-changing for relations between the two neighboring countries...

The Islamic Emirate`s -Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, in response to recent remarks by the spokesperson of the Pakistan army made during a press conference regarding Afghanistan`s governmental and social structure, stated that his remarks are not only unrelated to reality but also clearly contradict the stance and standards expected of a responsible military...

Amina Mohammed, the United Nations` deputy secretary-general, has urged the international community not to turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Afghanistan, saying millions of women and girls face severe restrictions under Taliban rule...

The U.S. State Department has stated that Zalmay Khalilzad does not represent the United States in his recent trips to Kabul and that these visits are personal in nature...

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government/Photo from social media Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate(Taliban), has warned that a specific powerful circle in Pakistan might have plotted a new "conspiracy" against Afghanistan, either to serve foreign interests or to assert control over the Islamic Emirate...

Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority has announced that 12 people have lost their lives and 11 others have been injured as a result of recent rainfall, snowfall and flooding over the past three days in 11 provinces across the country...

The World Food Programme warns that over 17 million in Afghanistan are facing "acute food insecurity" this winter, up about 3 million from past year...

A woman and her three children were found hanged in their Sohrab Goth home on Sunday, Pakistani officials said...

Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that investigations into the killing of General Ekramuddin Saree, former police chief of Takhar province, and Mohammad Amin Almas, a former Afghan military officer, are ongoing...

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Peace, has met and held talks with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban`s foreign minister, during his latest visit to Kabul...

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, has called on Iran to seriously investigate the assassination of General Ekramuddin Saree and other former Afghan military personnel in the country...

Four Afghan political movements are expected to hold an in-person meeting next year in Turkey under the title "National Consensus", aimed at discussing the formation of a government and engagement in dialogue with the Taliban...

The assassination of General Ikramuddin Sari, the former police commander of Takhar province, and one of his associates in Tehran has triggered widespread reactions from Afghan politicians and political factions...

In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the ban on women`s education does not end with the closure of school and university gates; it gradually drains life from families, hope from girls, and the future from society...

According to Turkey`s citing security sources, Goren played an active role in ISIS training camps and gradually rose to a so-called "managerial" position within the group, where he was tasked with planning and carrying out suicide attacks...

A new report by the UN Security Council`s Monitoring Team on Sanctions shows that, despite Taliban claims, ISIS remains active in Afghanistan, has infiltrated structures under Taliban control, and is actively seeking to recruit fighters from Central Asia as well as children and adolescents inside Afghanistan...

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says knowledge and education are the primary pillars of progress and dignity in any society...

‘The winning image of Hajira is a symbol of the quiet but unwavering resilience of millions of Afghan girls who have been denied access to secondary education for more than four years...

A photograph of Hajera, a ten-year-old schoolgirl from Nangarhar Province, has been selected as UNICEF`s Photo of the Year 2025-an image the jury described as a symbol of the "silent resistance and resilience of Afghan girls" in the face of the Taliban`s restrictions on education...

Amid escalating internal divisions within the Taliban, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the group`s Interior Minister, made an unexpected visit to Kandahar on Friday...

The United Nations Security Council, in its latest report on Afghanistan, has stated that the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) has approximately 2,000 fighters and continues to pose one of the most serious security threats in the region...

Amnesty International has called for the immediate suspension of forced returns and deportations of migrants and asylum seekers to Afghanistan under Taliban rule, warning that such actions place the lives and safety of millions of people-particularly women and children-at serious risk...

Special representatives of Afghanistan`s neighbors gather in Tehran, Iran, on December 14, 2025...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (Photo by ISNA) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Afghanistan`s stability depends on its integration into regional political and economic frameworks, urging cooperation among neighboring countries instead of reliance on outside interventions...

Spain`s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and International Cooperation welcomed around fifty Afghan women on Friday, 22 Qaws (12 December) at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the conference titled "HearUs 2025: Promoting Accountability for Women in Afghanistan...

Pakistan`s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed on Friday that there was a renewed surge in terrorism emanating from Afghanistan, calling on the international community to press the Taliban authorities to uphold their commitments and prevent militant groups from operating on their soil...

Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters that Iran`s ongoing consultations with neighboring countries, including Pakistan and Afghanistan, aimed at strengthening peace and stability in the region...

Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has warned that 1...

Nassir Ahmad Faiq, Afghanistan`s Chargé d`Affaires to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan is "entirely political" and that its resolution lies in the establishment of an inclusive government that guarantees national unity, political stability, and legitimate governance...

President Donald Trump made a number of disparaging remarks about immigrants from Somalia and other countries...

Jamiat-e-Islami, led by Salahuddin Rabbani, said on Wednesday it had withdrawn from the National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan, a day after three major political movements announced what they described as a unified political voice...

Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal. Pic: Warwickshire Police/PA Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan face possible deportation after being detained for abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl...

As international aid to Afghanistan continues to decline, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that more than 17 million people in Afghanistan will face severe food insecurity next year...

Afghanistanian and those who have spent years trying to help them since the fallout of the U...

When Maryam (a pseudonym) was dismissed from her position at a media organization for the first time, no one in the office even bothered to remember her name...

File: Soldiers with the Afghan National Army`s (ANA) National Engineer Brigade learn how to construct a Mabey-Johnson portable pre-fabricated bridge with the help of U...

Taliban and Pakistani border forces exchanged fire at the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province on Friday night, both sides said, marking the latest flare-up along a frontier that has seen repeated clashes over the past two months...

Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Archive photo...

A fresh round of discussions between Afghanistan and Pakistan has taken place in Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Reuters...

The file photo shows UK Special Forces (SAS) raiding a village in Afghanistan...