Afghanistan
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Foreign
Taliban announces new Afghan government
The Taliban has appointed Mohammad Hasan Akhund, a close aide to the group’s late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan’s new…
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Foreign
Panjshir: Last pocket of resistance falls to Taliban
The Taliban has claimed total control over Afghanistan after claiming capture of the Panjshir Valley, the last remaining enclave of…
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Foreign
17 killed in aerial gunfire in Kabul, Afghan health officials say
At least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, according to news agencies and hospital sources, as a…
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Foreign
Afghanistan: Taliban expected to announce new government
The Taliban are expected to announce a new government in Afghanistan within hours, as chaos in the country deepened and aid experts…
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Business
Western Union to resume money-transfer to Afghanistan
Western Union Co is resuming money-transfer services to Afghanistan, the company said on Thursday, after suspending its operations in the…
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Foreign
Taliban celebrates victory as last US troops leave Afghanistan
Taliban fighters fired their guns into the air in celebration in the Afghan capital Kabul as the United States completed the…
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Foreign
Pakistani soldiers killed in Afghan cross border fire
Gunfire from across the Afghan border have killed two Pakistani soldiers, the army said, in the first such attack since…
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News
US drone strike ‘eliminates airport bomb threat’ in Afghanistan
A US drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul has prevented another deadly suicide attack at the airport, US military…
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Foreign
12 US soldiers among 60 killed in Kabul airport blasts
At least 60 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, medical sources have told Al…