India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti said India was privileged to preside over the adoption of a substantial and forward-looking product of the UN Security Council.

Members of the Haqqani network are responsible for some of the most brutal terrorist attacks of recent times and now they are a key part of Afghanistan's government.

The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapse

WASHINGTON: Amid much grinding of teeth over terrorists, euphemistically called extremists, seizing reins of power in Kabul, the United States on Tuesday guardedly said it was concerned about the “affiliations and track records” of some of the people named by Taliban to fill top posts in Afghanistan’s new government.

NEW YORK: The US, China and Russia are facing an early test of whether they can collaborate to keep Afghanistan from sinking even deeper into crisis as they negotiate the renewal of a long-running United Nations mission that’s scheduled to expire next week.

The acting PM is on a UN-designated terrorist and the interim interior minister is wanted by the FBI for terrorism offenses.