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US can help improve global security by closing its military bases abroad

The United States has withdrawn its troops from Afghanistan. Only 750 military bases to go.

Islamic State not capable of posing threat to Afghanistan, says Taliban

The Taliban on Monday said that it can restrain Islamic State (Daesh) in Afghanistan and they are not capable of posing a threat to the country.

Another evacuation flight leaves Afghanistan with 21 US citizens onboard

The US State Department has confirmed that a Qatar Airways flight flew 21 US citizens and 48 permanent residents out of Afghanistan on Sunday

Pakistan, no country should ask us to form 'inclusive govt', says Taliban

The Taliban expressed that countries have no right to ask the Islamic Emirate to establish an 'inclusive' government in Afghanistan.

India concerned about implications of changes in Afghanistan: FS Shringla

As a neighbour of Afghanistan, India is naturally concerned about the recent changes in that country and their implications for the region, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday.

Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home

Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men

Unesco expresses deep concern over exclusion of girls from Afghan schools

Should this ban be maintained, it would constitute an important violation for the fundamental right to education for girls and women, Unesco said.

EAM Jaishankar holds discussions with Saudi Foreign Minister

They covered a range of bilateral and regional issues including developments in Afghanistan

PM will decide on continuing infra investments in Afghanistan: Gadkari

India has invested around $3 billion in different welfare and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan.

China wary about Taliban commitments on Uyghur separatist group ETIM

China is worried over the Taliban promises to crack down on the Uyghur separatist group East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

Imran Khan says Biden faced 'unfair criticism' over Afghanistan withdrawal

Notably, Khan has not received any call from the US President so far

Taliban shootout in palace: Mullah Baradar was attacked, punched by Haqqani

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was physically attacked by a leader of the US terrorist-designated Haqqani Network in early September during talks at the palace over forming the cabinet, say sources

Pak PM says he initiated a dialogue with Taliban for inclusive Afghan govt

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for an inclusive government in Kabul that will include Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks, a day after the SCO member states said that it is critical to have an inclusive government in the war-torn country with representatives from all ethnic, religious and political groups. The Taliban, which seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, had promised an "inclusive" government that represents Afghanistan's complex ethnic makeup, but there is no Hazara member and no woman in the interim 33-member Cabinet. Taking to Twitter, Khan said: After mtgs (meetings) in Dushanbe with leaders of Afghanistan's neighbours & especially a lengthy discussion with Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon, I have initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for an inclusive Afghan govt to include Tajiks, Hazaras & Uzbeks. After 40 years of conflict, this inclusivity will ensure peace and a stable Afghanistan, which

Taliban replace Afghanistan's ministry for women with one restricting them

Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the Women's Affairs Ministry

Three dead as series of explosions hit Afghanistan's Nangarhar province

Witnesses say a series of three explosions that targeted Taliban vehicles in the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province has left at least three dead and 20 wounded.

Blinken speaks with new UK Foreign Secy, discusses Afghanistan, China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss on Friday and discussed issues including Afghanistan, China and Iran.

US military admits August drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians

The US military has admitted that an American drone strike in Kabul last last month killed as many as 10 civilians, including seven children.

Kabul drone strike was a mistake, says top US military commander

The strike must be considered in the context of the on-ground situation at the Hamid Karzai International Airport following the ISIS-K attack that killed 13 soldiers, sailors, and Marines

SCO meet: Afghanistan shows radicalisation key threat to peace, says PM

SCO members reaffirm they will oppose practices that threaten global economy

UNSC extends mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

The UN Security Council on Friday extended for six months the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan