Taliban

A view of a gate of the provincial governor's office in Panjshir, in this picture uploaded to social media on September 6, 2021. Social media handout/via REUTERS
Middle East

Taliban flags fly over Panjshir but fighters vow resistance

Three weeks after seizing Kabul, the Taliban claimed to have conquered the rugged valley on Monday -- a historic blow to the province.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
World+Biz

Blinken arrives in Qatar as four Americans leave Afghanistan

Afghanistan's all-female orchestra ‘Zohra’ falls silent
Videos

Afghanistan's all-female orchestra ‘Zohra’ falls silent

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South Asia

University classes resume in Afghanistan with a 'curtain of separation'

Ahmad Massoud, son of Afghanistan's slain anti-Soviet resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, waves as he arrives to attend a gathering in Bazarak, Panjshir province, Afghanistan, September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
South Asia

Afghan resistance leaders have fled country, says Taliban media representative

Members of National Resistance Front overlook Golbahar, Kapisa, Afghanistan in this still image obtained from an undated video handout. NATIONAL RESISTANCE FRONT OF AFGHANISTAN HANDOUT/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia

Panjshir, the last Afghan province to fall to the Taliban

Ahmad Massoud, son of Afghanistan's slain anti-Soviet resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, waves as he arrives to attend a gathering in Bazarak, Panjshir province, Afghanistan, September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
South Asia

Afghan resistance leader calls for national uprising

The Taliban’s takeover seemed effortless. Source: AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg
World+Biz

Taliban tells Berlin it will welcome German companies, aid

FILE PHOTO: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer /File Photo
South Asia

New Afghan govt to be announced in ‘few days’, say Taliban

British soldiers arrive at Kandahar air base at the end of operations for US Marines and British combat troops in Helmand October 27, 2014. A fleet of planes and helicopters airlifted the last US and British forces from a key base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a day after the international coalition closed the massive facility and handed it over to the Afghan military. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
World+Biz

British minister says he was wrong on Afghan veterans taking their own life

A truck with National Resistance Front markings is seen on a mountain top near Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan in this still image obtained from an undated video handout. NATIONAL RESISTANCE FRONT OF AFGHANISTAN HANDOUT/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia

Taliban claim control of Panjshir, opposition says resistance will continue

Karan Thapar, Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The inside story of the ISI-Taliban nexus

Islamic State group menace rebounds in Afghanistan
South Asia

Islamic State group menace rebounds in Afghanistan