Taliban urge international media to stop trying to wreak havoc in Afghanistan
A senior Taliban leader has called on the international media and community to stop trying to wreak havoc in Afghanistan and destroy the country's...
Taliban: We will rule as a strong Islamic government
The Taliban have pledged to rule as a “strong Islamic government” which will respect the rights of its citizens and which will have good...
Afghanistan live updates as power changes hands
PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI FLEES THE COUNTRY
Sunday August 15, 8pm:
President Ashraf Ghani has left Afghanistan as the Taliban prepare to take power.
“The former Afghan president...
U.S and UK send troops back to Afghanistan to evacuate occupation personnel
The U.S. and UK are sending thousands of troops back to Afghanistan to help evacuate their diplomats, soldiers and citizens as well as thousands of...
Battle for Mazar-i-Sharif looms in Afghanistan
The Taliban are rapidly approaching the biggest city in northern Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif, following a recent offensive that has seen them take a series of...
Erdogan accuses Taliban of occupying Afghanistan
Turkey seems to be on a collision course with the Taliban after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused them of occupying Afghanistan.
In comments to...
Did UK Special Forces execute unarmed civilians in Afghanistan?
It has emerged that the government withheld evidence from a court which suggested that SAS soldiers had executed 33 civilians in Afghanistan in early 2011.
The Guardian reports...
United States and Taliban sign peace deal to end Afghanistan war
The United States and the Taliban have signed a final peace deal in Qatar's capital Doha to end the United States's longest ever war,...
Taliban’s Mullah Omar ‘lived close to U.S. bases’ in Afghanistan, book claims
The Taliban’s most wanted leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived within walking distance of U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, a new book has claimed.
Bette Dam's...
Taliban confirm death of prominent Afghani guerrilla leader Jalaluddin Haqqani
The revered guerrilla leader Jalaluddin Haqqani who founded the 'Haqqani Network' has died after several years of illness, the Afghan Taliban has confirmed.
Haqqani was...
