The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

The IS claim included a threat against Chinese nationals in Afghanistan, linking the attack to China's alleged mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western province of Xinjiang.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility overnight for an explosoin at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people including a Chinese national

The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign culture”. The young men had formed what they called the “Thomas Shelby Group”, after Cillian Murphy’s character in the popular TV drama…

The very same immigrants welcomed to the US after risking their lives to fight the Taliban now fear detention or worse

Riders from different Afghan provinces compete in the final of Afghanistan’s annual buzkashi tournament on the outskirts of Kabul, as spectators, including Taliban authorities, attend the event.

Afghanistan’s annual buzkashi tournament has concluded, with Sar-e-Pul defeating Badakhshan 7-0 in the final

A regional meeting hosted by Iran on Afghanistan underscored calls for lifting sanctions and strengthening regional cooperation, even as Afghanistan itself did not attend

INTERVIEW: Maiwand Banayee, one of the few Afghans to escape the Taliban’s ideological grip, offers a rare account of life forged in war and a long journey out of extremism in an interview with Shweta Sharma

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians