The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2025: Teams, schedule, venues, tickets and how to follow

All to know about Asia’s premier T20 spectacle, including top players, history, fixtures and India-Pakistan rivalry.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2025

US veterans decry arrest of ex-army sergeant after Ice protest

Bajun Mavalwalla, an advocate for Afghans who supported US military in Afghanistan, faces up to six years in prison

The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2025

Afghanistan hit by powerful aftershocks after thousands killed by earthquake

Fresh tremors come with country still reeling from Sunday night’s 6.0-magnitude quake that killed over 2,200 people, a toll that is expected to continue rising

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

Death toll from Afghan earthquake jumps to 2,205, the Taliban says

A major earthquake in Afghanistan has caused widespread devastation, with the death toll now exceeding 2,200

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

Aid agencies ask countries to send more funds to help Afghanistan after Sunday's earthquake

The European Union and the United Kingdom have both donated to aid organisations at work in the region, side-stepping the Taliban government.

Euronews · Sep 4, 2025

Australia’s top court denies war hero’s final appeal against finding he likely killed unarmed Afghans

A federal judge found in 2023 that Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living war veteran, likely killed non-combatants unlawfully in 2009 and 2012

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

Searchers Retrieve Bodies As Afghan Quake Toll Expected To Rise

Volunteers and rescuers were pulling nore bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after an earthquake that inflicted a death toll that was already at nearly 1,470 people, Taliban authorities said.

International Business Times · Sep 4, 2025

Australia answers call for help after deadly quakes

Australia, which has committed funds to help Afghans impacted by two large earthquakes, says it will ensure that the money does not go to the Taliban regime.

AAP · Sep 3, 2025

Aid agencies tell countries to fund Afghanistan after earthquake

Aid agencies say the international community must increase funding to Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Homeless And Fearful, Afghan Quake Survivors Sleep In The Open

Families huddled hungry and homeless days after a deadly earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, not daring to set foot in the few remaining buildings for fear an aftershock could bring them down.

International Business Times · Sep 3, 2025