Afghanistan

A Taliban security personnel keeps watch from a helicopter two days after air strikes by Pakistan in the Barmal district of eastern Paktika province on Dec. 26, 2024. Photo: AFP
South Asia

Afghan Taliban forces target 'several points' in Pakistan in retaliation for airstrikes

A screengrab showing the location of airstrikes against alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters in the Barmal district of Paktika, Afghanistan. Source: Google Maps
Middle East

Airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia February 14, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Russia pledges broader Afghanistan ties, says US should help rebuild

Afghan women arrive to receive assistance from a World Food Program (WFP) distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo
World+Biz

Top EU court rules gender, nationality enough for Afghan women to be granted asylum

US actress Meryl Streep speaks at an event on ‘The Inclusion of Women in the Future of Afghanistan’ on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City on 23 September. Photo: X / United Nations
World+Biz

Cats have more freedom than Afghan women: Meryl Streep

Afhgani women studying in the United Kingdom. Photo BSS/AFP
Europe

Afghan women continue medical studies in Scotland after Taliban ban

Taliban authorities say they have mostly crushed the group, even as it continues to carry out attacks in Afghanistan. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

14 killed in attack in Afghanistan claimed by IS

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin/File Photo
World+Biz

UN rights chief calls for repeal of Afghan law turning women into 'shadows'

FILE PHOTO: Afghan women fry traditional cookies inside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo
World+Biz

Afghanistan's Taliban govt says new morality law will be 'gently' enforced

FILE PHOTO: Afghan female students walk near Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara
South Asia

1.4 mln girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return: UNESCO

Raw opium from a poppy head is seen at a poppy farmer's field on the outskirts of Jalalabad, April 28, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Parwiz/File Photo
World+Biz

UN warns of overdose deaths after Afghan opium production plummets

Taliban fighters are seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
Europe

Russia invites Afghanistan's Taliban to major economic forum

View of flooded streets in Sheikh Jalal district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan May 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo
Middle East

Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says