The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

The review blames the "conditions created by [President Biden's] predecessor" for the way the U.S. ended its more-than-two-decade-long military presence in Afghanistan.

An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor

The U.N. says it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women’s rights

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a ban by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Afghan women working for the United Nations, calling it "an intolerable violation of the most basic human rights" that should be immediately revoked.

All staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with Taliban

Many more contractors still live in fear in Afghanistan and struggle to get the documentation to flee

The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the Taliban authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, U.N. sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…