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          Taliban

          British and dual citizens board a military plane at Kabul Airport on Monday. EPA

          UK's Afghan ambassador says Taliban supporting evacuation plans

          UKAugust 18, 2021
          Taliban fighters stand along a road in Kabul on August 18, 2021 following the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. AFP

          Afghan women take to the streets to defy Taliban

          WorldAugust 18, 2021
          An Afghan military helicopter is pictured in Panjshir province in Afghanistan on August 16, 2021. AFP

          Panjshir Commander Ahmad Massoud offers deal to the Taliban

          AsiaAugust 18, 2021
          Taliban fighters patrol in Wazir Akbar Khan in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.

          Taliban in Afghanistan: who is in charge?

          AsiaAugust 18, 2021
          Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to President Sheikh Khalifa, said he hoped Afghanistan had 'turned the page of suffering in favour of peace and prosperity'. Reuters

          UAE: Afghanistan needs good relations with international community

          MENAAugust 18, 2021
          Afghanistan's outgoing central bank governor, Ajmal Ahmady, sees the country's currency weakening.

          Inflation to hit double digits as Afghanistan currency weakens, central bank chief says

          BusinessAugust 18, 2021
          Pakistani President Arif Alvi has been in Istanbul for talks with Turkish officials. Getty

          Taliban takeover in Afghanistan sparks celebration and concern in Pakistan

          WorldAugust 18, 2021
          Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa (L), former western Herat Governor and one of five Taliban released from the US prison on Guantanamo Bay in exchange for US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, and now member of Taliban's Qatar political office sits with Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, as they speak to journalists in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 17 August 2021 (issued 18 August 2021). EPA

          Taliban pledge 'totally different' moderate face as West continues evacuations

          WorldAugust 18, 2021
          UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has defended a new resettlement scheme for Afghan migrants. Getty

          Priti Patel unveils scheme to resettle 20,000 Afghans in UK

          UKAugust 17, 2021
          A woman with an Afghan flag is among demonstrators in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin on Tuesday. AFP

          US, UN and Europe weigh up if they can stomach Taliban government

          USAugust 17, 2021
          Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia in March March

          Abdul Ghani Baradar returns as Taliban move to consolidate power

          AsiaAugust 17, 2021
          An Afghan police officer keeps watch during a ceremony to hand over security control in the rugged mountains of the Panjshir valley, in a fiercely anti-Taliban province, to Afghan forces in the latest of a series of security transitions. AFP

          Panjshir: The last bastion of anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan

          WorldAugust 17, 2021
          Taliban fighters patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. The movement’s co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, declared victory on Monday and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan. EPA

          Afghanistan’s fall after US withdrawal rattles nerves in Iraq

          MENAAugust 17, 2021
          Abdul Ghani Baradar during peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha in July. AFP

          Who is Abdul Ghani Baradar, the enigmatic Taliban leader tipped to rule Afghanistan?

          MENAAugust 17, 2021
          Novelist Khaled Hosseini is a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and travelled to refugee camps in countries, including Italy, earlier this summer.

          Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini tells US: 'keep your borders open'

          AsiaAugust 17, 2021
          A social worker addresses Afghan women at a hall in Kabul on August 2.

          Female broadcast journalists reappear on Afghan television

          AsiaAugust 17, 2021
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