Afghanistan

A high-level Afghan delegation led by Defence Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob arrived in Doha on Saturday for peace talks with Pakistan, following a temporary extension of a ceasefire aimed at …

Pakistan closed multiple border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday following a deadly overnight exchange of fire between the two countries’ forces, amid escalating tensions and mutual accusations of provocation. According …

A massive and desperate rescue operation was underway across eastern Afghanistan on Monday following a powerful, shallow earthquake that struck in the dead of night, collapsing homes onto sleeping families …

Russia has extended an invitation to Afghanistan’s Taliban to participate in its largest annual economic forum, signaling Moscow’s efforts to lift the ban on the Islamist movement, as reported by …

Fifty couples married Monday in a joint ceremony in the Afghan capital — a growing practice to reduce the astronomical cost of traditional weddings in the impoverished country. The couples …

World Cup hosts India cantered to their second successive win of the tournament after captain Rohit Sharma’s incendiary century set up their eight-wicket thrashing of Afghanistan on Wednesday. Rohit belted …

At least 15 people were killed and 40 injured after multiple earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, a disaster management official told Reuters. The quake registered a magnitude of 6.3, …

Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their homes, the United Nations said …

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in …

Christian Aid and ActionAid on Monday became the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country’s Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from …