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Taliban

Read the latest news about the extremist group governing Afghanistan after American-led coalition forces withdrew in 2021

From left, UAE ambassador to Kabul Saif Al Ketbi, US citizen Dennis Coyle and former US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Kabul on Tuesday. EPA

UAE helps secure release of American held by the Taliban

USMarch 24, 2026
A Pakistani soldier stands guard in a bunker at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. AFP

How can the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict be defused?

USFebruary 27, 2026
Pakistan Afghanistan Gif 2
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Pakistan vows 'there will be chaos' after declaring open war on Afghanistan

MENAFebruary 27, 2026
Security officials patrol the site of a suicide bombing at the main gate of paramilitary force headquarter in Peshawar. AP
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Three killed in suicide bombing at paramilitary force headquarters in Pakistan

AsiaNovember 24, 2025
Casualties were mostly passers-by or those who had arrived for court hearings, reports said. AP
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At least 12 killed in suicide bombing outside Islamabad court

NewsNovember 11, 2025
A man injured in clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces is taken to a hospital in the Pakistani city of Chaman on Wednesday. AP

The Afghanistan-Pakistan violence could spiral into a regional conflict

CommentOctober 16, 2025
Afghanistan and Pakistan share a 2,611km border but Afghanistan does not recognised it. AFP

Dozens of Pakistani soldiers killed in border attacks, Afghanistan claims

NewsOctober 12, 2025
Damage following a suspected militant attack on a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. EPA

Pakistani Taliban claim attacks that killed 23 in north-west

NewsOctober 11, 2025
An Afghan student uses his mobile phone at his residence in Kabul on October 8, 2025. AFP

Taliban internet restrictions breach Afghans' basic human rights, UN says

USOctober 10, 2025
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Shadi's take on internet restrictions in Afghanistan

CartoonSeptember 30, 2025
US citizen Amir Amiri, left, aboard a plane in Kabul after being freed. Reuters

Afghanistan releases US citizen after visit by envoy

MENASeptember 29, 2025
A boy flanked by the rubble of damaged houses after the devastating Afghanistan earthquake. EPA
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Time running out for earthquake survivors, say Afghan expats

UAESeptember 03, 2025
An Afghan woman, deported from Iran, waits to register at a camp for returning migrants near the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, Afghanistan, in July. Reuters

The world pledged solidarity with Afghan women. Where is the world now?

NewsAugust 15, 2025
British troops and members of the Afghan National Army working together in Helmand Province in 2007. Getty Images

Taliban denies arresting Afghans after UK data leak

UKJuly 17, 2025
Taliban forces on patrol in Kabul in 2021, a day after the withdrawal of US troops. Reuters

US considering foreign terrorist designation for Taliban

USMay 21, 2025
A screengrab from BBC's video of UK Special Forces in Iraq. BBC

UK veterans saw colleagues 'executing' civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan

UKMay 12, 2025
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