The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

The reported visit follows one in March 2025 which led to the release of a US citizen held for more than two years.

Taliban deploys armed guards outside UN compound in Kabul to prevent local female workers from coming in to work

As China pushes to expand the CPEC, Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions continue to cast a shadow over trilateral diplomacy.

Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have met in Kabul to boost political and economic cooperation

In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content.

Thousands gather for Kabul ‘flower showers’ while women stage protests

Four years on, Afghanistan remains an international pariah for its harsh repression of women.

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday buoyed by Russia's first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow.

Friday marks the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan following two decades of insurgency. France, like many countries, evacuated thousands of its citizens, alongside Afghans threatened by the re-emergence of the hardline Islamist regime. Based on eyewitness accounts, this period has been captured in a new…