The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves. The Taliban is currently on the Treasury’s “Specially Designated Nationals” list.

Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of the most important tools of U.S. foreign policy. There are currently more than 20 countries subjected to various sanctions from the U.S. government.

“Government of India believes in collective efforts of the international community to counter the menace,” Muraleedharan added.

The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan's new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime's foreign minister said in an interview with AFP. In his first interview since returning from talks with Western powers in Oslo, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged…

Rehan Ahmed does the star turn ending a 24-year wait

The controversy surrounding New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis, who has now accepted a place in border quarantine after initially seeking refuge in Afghanistan when her first application was declined, has highlighted confusion and concern over New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system.

International banks can transfer money to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, and aid groups are allowed to pay teachers and healthcare workers at state-run institutions without fear of breaching sanctions on the Taliban, the United States said on Wednesday.

One of China's most senior diplomats is criticised for promoting misinformation after he posted to Twitter a series of photographs of Syrian children he claimed were children in Afghanistan.

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Was deported after CIA tip-off

Afghan women accuse the Taliban of using a pregnant, New Zealand journalist as a publicity tool to show the world they can offer women rights.