Governments moving to restore ties with the Taliban risk legitimising oppression and deepening Afghanistan’s crisis, an independent UN human rights expert cautioned on Thursday, calling for a principled approach that defends the rights of women and girls.

The Taliban’s hard-line government in Afghanistan is making major inroads in garnering legitimacy abroad. Despite its extremist policies, the international community has accepted that the Islamist group is here to stay,

Despite the challenges to peace, both know they will hurt from continued hostilities – and need a path to peace.

KABUL- Months after India put the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance in response to Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, now Afghanistan has announced its plans to build dams on the Kunar River “as soon as possible”, which is likely to create a troubling unease in Islamabad.

The now-uneasy neighbors exchanged fire again on Friday, Taliban-controlled media reported, days after agreeing to a ceasefire and talks this weekend in Qatar.

Qudrat Wasefi fled Kabul after the fundamentalist regime, with its violently enforced prohibition of music, returned to power in 2021. He’s part of a generation of refugees the world has largely forgo

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana questioned whether the public's view of the Taliban was unfair in a conversation with family support workers, a public inquiry has been told.

Kabul: Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan's Interior Minister on Thursday warned that it will cost Pakistanis dearly if they try to push their problems into Afghanistan.