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

          US-made F-16 fighter jets from Pakistan's Air Force fly over Islamabad. AFP

          Mosque attacks lead to review of US-Pakistan security co-operation

          AsiaOctober 05, 2023
          Soldiers stand guard along a street in Kabal in the Swat Valley, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AFP

          Pakistan warns of crackdown on undocumented Afghans

          AsiaOctober 03, 2023
          Pakistani security personnel guard a checkpoint in Quetta, Balochistan, after a blast in Mastung district that killed dozens of people. EPA

          Report reveals rise in violent deaths among Pakistan security forces

          AsiaOctober 02, 2023
          Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, second left, and Russia's special envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, second right, during a meeting in Kabul. AFP

          Russia pledges aid to Afghanistan during meeting with Taliban

          AsiaSeptember 29, 2023
          Security personnel stand guard outside the Afghan embassy in New Delhi. AFP

          India looks into reports Afghanistan may pull embassy from New Delhi

          AsiaSeptember 29, 2023
          The Taliban are said to have spoken to Huawei over a large-scale CCTV network to carry out surveillance on Afghanistan’s major cities. EPA

          Taliban consider using US mass surveillance plan to clamp down on ISIS

          WorldSeptember 25, 2023
          A British charity has helped academics escape the war in Ukraine and relocate to the UK. Oleksandr Lapshyn

          Academics rescued from 17 conflict countries to work at UK universities

          UKSeptember 21, 2023
          Tobias Ellwood said he had 'witnessed unreported compromises the war-exhausted nation is currently willing to accept' during a trip to Afghanistan. PA

          Afghan comments force MP Tobias Ellwood to resign from influential role

          UKSeptember 13, 2023
          Pakistani soldiers patrol along the border with Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AFP

          Fierce clashes reported between Pakistani army and Taliban

          AsiaSeptember 06, 2023
          A group of British imams and Muslim scholars travelled to Afghanistan where they met high-ranking members of the Taliban, including Amir Khan Muttaqi. AFP

          Calls for probe into 'dangerous' link between UK imams and Taliban

          UKSeptember 05, 2023
          From left, English teacher Hafsa, Najla Latif, president of a science faculty, Naveen Hashim, researcher and women's rights activist, Zakia Abasi, former employee of a beauty salon and TV journalist Muzhgan Feraji arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. AFP

          Five Afghan women 'threatened by Taliban' arrive in France

          UKSeptember 04, 2023
          Ibrahim Nash’at, director of Hollywoodgate. Photo: Mehmet Elbanna

          How I survived filming the Taliban for 12 months

          Film & TVAugust 31, 2023
          Crystal Bayat marches in a protest following the return of the Taliban. Photo: Crystal Bayat

          One Afghan activist's harrowing escape from the Taliban

          USAugust 29, 2023
          Afghan women have been faced a series of restrictions imposed by the Taliban. EPA

          Taliban to stop women from visiting Afghan national park

          WorldAugust 28, 2023
          Afghan women hold placards reading in Dari 'A Muslim can't go against women's education and work', during a protest in Mazar-e-Sharif on 16 August 2023. EPA

          Afghan students tell of dismay as Taliban bar travel to Dubai

          AsiaAugust 23, 2023
          Khalaf Al Habtoor, the chairman of Al Habtoor Group. Antonie Robertson / The National

          Afghan female students barred from attending Dubai university 'a tragedy'

          UAEAugust 23, 2023
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