DUBAI (REUTERS) – Afghanistan will shortly collapse into chaos unless the international community acts rapidly, Swedish and Pakistani ministers warned on Saturday (Oct 23). Afghanistan …
Russia, China, Iran to work with Taliban towards ‘regional stability’
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia and Central Asia powerbrokers agreed on Wednesday (Oct 20) to work with the Taliban to promote security in the region and …
Afghan girls stuck at home, waiting for Taliban plan to re-open schools
KABUL (REUTERS) – As the weeks pass in Afghanistan, the new Taliban administration has yet to announce when it will re-open secondary schools for girls, …
Taliban expands economic team as Afghanistan crisis deepens
KABUL (REUTERS) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government bolstered its economic team on Tuesday (Sept 21), naming a commerce minister and two deputies as the group tries …
Taliban thanks world for promised aid, urge US to show ‘heart’
KABUL (AFP) – The Taliban on Tuesday (Sept 14) thanked the world for pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency aid to Afghanistan, and …
Key players in the Taliban’s new govt in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) – The Taliban on Tuesday (Sept 7) announced key posts for its new government in Afghanistan, after the hardline Islamist movement seized control of the country and …
Taliban says it has surrounded Afghan resistance fighters, calls for peace
KABUL (REUTERS) – The Taliban has surrounded the only remaining province resisting its rule, a senior leader said on Wednesday (Sept 1), calling on rebels …
Afghan forces repel Taliban assault on provincial capital, governor says
KABUL/MUMBAI (REUTERS) – Afghan security forces, with the help of air strikes, repelled an assault by Taliban fighters on the provincial centre of a key …