The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

In this episode, we examine the latest meeting of senior M.E.A. officials with the Taliban in Kabul and what this engagement means for the two countries.

Human rights lawyer recognised for her part in the evacuation of Afghan athletes says it is ‘not a story of white saviours’

Fivefold increase in refugees from Afghanistan crossing in small boats this year as they flee Taliban

Intelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terrorists

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the ISIS extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel, UN experts said in a new report. The experts said in the report…

U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel

Some Afghans who were evacuated from their country as it fell to the Taliban last summer have found their journey to the United States stalled at a cluster of tents and temporary housing at a military base in the Balkans

A team of Indian officials met the acting Taliban foreign minister of Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and humanitarian aid, the Taliban said, in what was the first such visit to Kabul since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year.

The move comes despite farmers fearing their livelihoods will be ruined at a time of growing poverty.

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Indian foreign ministry officials are visiting Kabul for talks with the Taliban and international organizations involved in the distribution of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan