The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Prime minister had previously claimed it was ‘complete nonsense’ that he intervened in the case

Some Afghan women protest burqa diktat while others say the Taliban should focus on more pressing issues.

I got the call I’d been dreading at noon on Monday.

No 10 has still not yet received report on Downing Street parties that could trigger a Tory leadership election

Researchers interviewed survivors of "gang rape, mob attacks" and people "hunted" by family members who joined the Taliban.

Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fear and unable to flee

The United Nations chief says more than 50 million people are currently affected by conflict in urban areas from Afghanistan to Libya, Syria, Yemen and beyond where they face a much higher risk of being killed or injured

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said fundamental and life-saving primary health care services in Afghanistan are under severe threat due to a lack of external funding since the change of regime in August 2021.

Officials fear that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to a surge in natural gas prices.

A British hostage-taker in a Texas synagogue demanded the release of a US-held woman whose true story remains a mystery, says Karachi-based author Mohammed Hanif

The last day of talks between the Taliban and western diplomats has began in Oslo with a bilateral meeting with Norwegian government officials focused largely on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The three-day talks opened on Sunday with talks between the Taliban and members of Afghan civil society, followed on…