The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab Lil Haq against the Afghan Taliban after Kabul claimed its forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers in cross-border strikes. Islamabad disputes the casualty figures, stating only two soldiers died, while claiming 36 Afghan fighters were killed. This escalation follows earlier Pakistani airstrikes targeting militant camps, which…

Afghanistan's military has retaliated with strikes against Pakistan following recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan soil, which Kabul claims killed dozens of civilians. Pakistan stated its operations targeted militant groups responsible for recent attacks within its borders. This escalation highlights deepening tensions between the two neighboring nations.

“We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that. And they did — they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.” So said United States President Donald Trump recently, referring…

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Explosion targeting Chinese restaurant kills at least 7 people and injures nearly a dozen

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

When I arrived in Australia after the fall of Kabul, seeing Rashid Khan in the BBL eased my grief and reminded me that pride and belonging were possible

The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeover