Informed security sources say the Taliban administration is seeking to encourage the Houthis to intensify attacks on Saudi Arabia, with the aim of drawing Pakistan into the Yemen conflict.

A source at Germany’s Foreign Ministry told Afghanistan International that Berlin, together with international partners, is pursuing efforts to hold the Taliban accountable for violations of women’s ...

The Haalvsh human rights group reported on Friday that at least four members of the Fatemiyoun Division were killed by gunmen in the Rudmahi area of Zahedan. Their vehicle was also set on fire. In a ...

Murtaza Solangi, spokesman for Pakistan’s president, says Zalmay Khalilzad should make clear as an American which side he stands on: the United States, which he served as ambassador in Kabul, or the ...

On International Day of Democracy, assessments by major international organisations show that Afghanistan under Taliban rule ranks at the bottom of global democracy tables after a historic collapse in ...

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Sunday denied the presence of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, rejecting a Washington Post report that cited Western security officials and a UN body as saying the ...

Local sources in Badakhshan reported clashes on Monday, 7 September, between Afghanistan Freedom Front forces (AFF) and the Taliban in Zebak district. According to the sources, the fighting began on ...

The energy agreements signed between the Taliban’s Ministry of Mines & Petroleum and Saudi company Delta are among the most ambitious energy plans announced for Afghanistan in recent years. The ...

Former US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has described the complete withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return to power as a terrible mistake, saying Washington betrayed ...

Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan condemned Taliban actions against Shia and Hazara religious seminaries and media outlets, describing the closure of Khatam al-Nabieen centre and Tamadon TV as ...

The Afghanistan Freedom Front says it killed three Taliban members and wounded two others in an attack on a checkpoint in Kapisa’s Tagab district. The Afghanistan United Front also reported killing a ...