The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

At a regional security conference, NSA asserts India’s special relationship with Afghanistan will continue

Les Binns, 48, from Rotherham, South Yorks, lost his eye when the blast from an IED caught him in the face during a tour of Afghanistan in 2009 - now he has summited Everest

The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges and called on Taliban authorities to reverse growing restrictions on women and investigate attacks against religious minorities.

That day we will unlock our full economic potential, and all will share the fruit of prosperity, Pak. Foreign Minister says

A series of explosions has shaken Afghanistan, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five people and three bombings of minivans in the country’s north that killed nine passengers

The head of the UN refugee agency urged the international community on Wednesday not to forget more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who are living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh after fleeing from neighboring Myanmar. Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, said he visited the camps near…

“When we talk about systemic racism, we’re not talking about what the government intended; we’re looking at outcomes — and the outcomes speak for themselves,” says Sharry Aiken, a law professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.

Nazia said she had lost four children to malnutrition — two daughters and two sons under 2 years old

In Afghanistan, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 will likely face the most severe form of malnutrition this year, according to the UN, as increasing numbers of hungry, wasting-away children are brought into hospital wards. UN and other aid agencies were able to stave off outright famine after…