Biden asks Taliban to free US hostage in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: US President Joe Biden called on the Taliban to immediately release US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs who was taken hostage

US authorises some transactions with Taliban to keep Afghan aid flowing

NEW DELHI: U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued three General Licenses to facili

US not ready to provide financial aid to Afghanistan via Taliban: Jake Sullivan

NEW DELHI: The United States is not prepared at this stage to give financial aid to Afghanistan via those who are currently in pow

Doha talks candid, Taliban to be judged based on its actions: US

NEW DELHI: The US State Department said the two-day discussions with the Taliban team in Doha, Qatar were professional, and Washin

US delegation to meet Taliban in Doha

NEW DELHI: A US delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-fac

US-Taliban deal hastened Afghan collapse: US defence officials

NEW DELHI: Top US defence officials have said the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan can be traced back to a deal between the g

US expresses concern about new Taliban government

NEW DELHI: The US State Department expressed concern about the Taliban's new all-male interim Cabinet in Afghanistan, which in

Planes stranded at Mazar-i-Sharif airport waiting for Taliban clearance

NEW DELHI: Nearly a week after US troop withdrawal, many Americans and Afghans who hold US visas including citizens from other cou

Afghanistan: Taliban open fire at protestors for replacing Taliban flags

NEW DELHI: The eastern city of Jalalabad has been the site of demonstrations in Afghanistan.

The city, in Nangarhar prov

Ashraf Ghani leaves country as Taliban takes control of Kabul

NEW DELHI: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday to the insurgent Taliban fighters who had

Taliban officials to attend COP29 in Azerbaijan for the first time since 2021 Afghanistan takeover

NEW DELHI: Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts

Taliban attends UN meeting for the first time in Doha, meets top Indian govt official

NEW DELHI: The Taliban is for the first time participating in a United Nations (UN)-led meeting in Qa

Russia to delist Taliban as terrorist group: Report

NEW DELHI: Taliban will be removed from the list of banned terrorist organisations, th

India participates in first international meeting hosted by Taliban regime in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: India participated in the first-ever international meeting hosted by Afghanistan's Tal

Taliban claims it killed dozens of Pakistanis involved in attacks inside Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: More than 20 Pakistani nationals were killed "in operations by security forces"

UN asks Taliban to revoke restrictions on females as soon as possible

NEW DELHI: The UN deputy special representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel has asked the Taliban to revoke the restrictions on

Taliban bans Afghan women from working with UN

NEW DELHI: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued an order banning women nationals who are UN staff members from continuin

Pakistan mosque bombing: 72 killed, over 150 injured in Taliban suicide attack

NEW DELHI: A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during aftern

UN urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women

NEW DELHI: The United Nations Security Council condemned the increasing restrictions on women's r

Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers banned university education for women nationwide, as the

World Bank halts aid to Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

NEW DELHI: The World Bank has halted funding for projects in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of th

Taliban agrees to door-to-door polio vaccine drive in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: Health workers in Afghanistan will begin a house-to-house polio vaccination drive next month after the new Taliban gove