The leader of the Taliban has ordered Afghan officials to sack relatives they have hired to government positions. Hibatullah Akhundzada's decree says officials should replace appointed sons or other family ...
Tariq Ghazniwal, who runs a Taliban propaganda website, has been posting clips of the militant group's leaders at Kabul airport. In one of them, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid is seen ...
The US army made sure to disable their aircraft and armed vehicles left behind at Kabul Airport before they flew out on Monday night, officials say. Mission commander General Kenneth ...
With the country now back in their hands, Taliban supporters celebrated across Kabul after the last US plane flew out. Scenes from Kabul showed supporters firing guns into the air ...
The leaders of the Taliban will show themselves to the world with "no shadow of secrecy", a senior official told news agency Reuters. It is in direct contrast to the ...
More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have so far been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday. Early this morning ...
Government has confirmed that Uganda will host over 2000 Afghan refugees on the request of the US government but said this would be on a temporary basis. In a statement ...
The Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan has raised concerns that it could encourage other Islamist militant groups around the world, such as al-Shabab in Somalia. Experts warn that when and ...
The vast majority of spending in Afghanistan has come from the US. Between 2010 and 2012, when the US had more than 100,000 soldiers in the country, the cost of ...
The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan uprooted the US government's assessment, which said it would take 90 days for the group to take over Kabul. The pace of its advance ...
