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Indian officials hold first talks with Taliban in Afghanistan
Bilateral ties and humanitarian aid were discussed in the first such visit to Kabul since the group took control of Kabul last year.
A team of Indian officials has met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan to discuss bilateral ties…
Taliban orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces in public
The Taliban has issued yet another decree imposing further restrictions on Afghan women, and criminalizing their clothing.
While the Taliban have always imposed restrictions to govern the bodies of Afghan women, the decree is the first…
At least 4 killed, many wounded in Kabul blasts target boys’ school
A suspected twin suicide bombing outside a boys' high school in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least four people and wounded others.
The blasts happened at the Abdul Rahim Shahid school in the Shia-dominated west of the…
Afghanistan: Protesters urge Taliban to reopen girls’ schools
About two dozen, mainly female, protesters gathered close to the Taliban's Ministry of Education on Saturday morning, calling on the group to reopen girls' secondary schools.
The Taliban have been widely condemned for issuing a…
Crypto provides fix for some in crisis-hit Afghanistan
Digital currencies, impervious to international sanctions, allow handful of young Afghans to avoid the worst of crisis.
In the middle of a bazaar in western Afghanistan, Arezo Akrimi takes out her smartphone and, after a few taps of the…
Afghan quake: Rescue workers search for survivors
At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of houses damaged after a magnitude 5.3 quake jolted Badghis province.
Rescue workers are searching for survivors after an earthquake in a remote western region of Afghanistan killed at…
Afghan infant lost in Kabul airlift chaos reunited with relatives after five months
An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and reunited with his relatives.
The baby, Sohail Ahmadi, was just two months old when he went…
International donors transfer $280m to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan
International donors have agreed to transfer $280m from a frozen trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan, the World Bank said as it seeks to help a country facing famine and…
Taliban says Doha talks to open ‘new chapter’ with US
Next week's talks between the United States and the Taliban in Doha - the second such meeting since the Islamists seized power - will open a "new chapter" in political ties, the group said on Wednesday (Nov 24).
Washington said on…