The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Pakistani authorities on Thursday said one person was killed and 11 were wounded when Afghan Taliban forces fired mortars toward civilians near the southwestern Chaman border crossing, reflecting increasing tension between the neighboring nations. The latest violence follows a series of deadly incidents and attacks that have strained relations between…

Before the United States made its chaotic exit from Afghanistan in August 2021, Congress had promised special immigrant visas to Afghans who worked with our military or civilians. Once our allies were without the protection of American forces, they would surely face Taliban revenge.

Five Chinese nationals were wounded in an attack on a hotel in central Kabul on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by ISIS, prompted China to lodge representations with Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration, Wang told a regular news briefing.

Over a dozen Chinese citizens were wounded, five of them seriously, in a gun and bomb attack on a hotel in downtown Kabul, a Chinese businessman in the Afghan capital said on Tuesday, as local authorities kept the premises sealed.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital

Kabul (AFP) - At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked a hotel popular with Chinese business people in the Afghan capital Monday, with witnesses reporting multiple blasts and several bursts of gunfire, as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

Facing growing risks of Taliban prosecution, a former Afghan senator and women's rights activist calls on Australia to offer her safety.

Pakistani authorities have reopened a key border crossing with neighboring Afghanistan that was briefly shut during clashes between the two sides

The Taliban took back control of Afghanistan last year as U.S. and foreign troops withdrew after 20 years of conflict following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.