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The Taliban has killed the ISIS mastermind who is believed to have planned the 2021 bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, media reports said. more
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights

New York: Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Huma ...

Afghan singers hiding in Pakistan after escaping Taliban onslaught: Report

Afraid of being executed by the Taliban, several Afghan singers have fled their homeland and are living in hiding in Pakistan.

China promised to maintain embassy in Kabul, increase humanitarian aid, says Taliban

Beijing/Kabul: China has promised to maintain its embassy in Afghanistan and also increase humanitarian aid to the war-torn country, a Taliban spokesman said Friday, according to media re ...

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar to head the Afghan govt: Report

Kabul: Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government that will be announced soon, sources in the fighter group said, reported media.

Afghan interpreter who once helped save Biden from Taliban, pleads US for evacuation

An Afghan interpreter, who had helped rescue US President Joe Biden in a 2008 Afghan snowstorm, has now made an appeal to save him and his family, according to the Wall Street Journal.

UNSC drops 'Taliban' from statement, calls it 'Afghan group'

New York: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has removed the Taliban reference from a paragraph in its statement, pertaining to the terror attack on Kabul airport, that urged the ...

28 Taliban fighters killed in IS attack on Kabul airport

A Taliban official told Reuters on Friday that at least 28 members of the hardline Islamist group were among the people killed in explosions overnight outside the airport in Kabul.

Taliban to form 'inclusive' caretaker govt in Afghanistan: Report

Kabul: The Taliban is planning an inclusive caretaker government in Afghanistan, according to media reports.

Afghanistan Crisis: Turkish prez Erdogan holds first talks with Taliban

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey held its first talks with the Taliban in Kabul, according to media reports.