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US presence causing IS attacks in Afghanistan, says Taliban

A devastating suicide bomb attack claimed by IS outside Kabul airport on Thursday killed scores of people who were hoping to flee the country, as well as 13 US service members.

PIA cargo flight carrying WHO medical essentials lands in Mazar-i-Sharif

Insurance rates for flying into Afghanistan had “skyrocketed at prices we have never seen before” in the 12 hours since the blast.

Russia demands US to release Afghan reserves

Kabulov added that without doing so the new Afghan authorities will turn to "the trafficking of illegal opiates" and "sell on the black market the weapons" abandoned by the Afghan army and the United States.

Afghanistan’s ‘Gen Z’ fears for future and hard-won freedoms

During that time they enforced a strict interpretation of Islamic law, banning girls from school, women from work and carrying out public executions.

Pak Army: two soldiers dead from cross fire on AfPak border

The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack in a Telegram message shared with a Reuters journalist and denied having suffered any losses in the retaliatory fire.

Akhundzada in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman

Little is still known about Akhundzada's day-to-day role, with his public profile largely limited to the release of annual messages during Islamic holidays.

Indian recruits in ISKP responsible for Kabul attack

ISKP has been recruiting Indians for the past several years and has maintained regular contact with its operatives in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Africa, through an Instagram channel named ‘Chronicle Foundation’.

Rocket blast shakes Kabul again

The US embassy in Kabul later released a warning of credible threats at specific areas of the airport, including access gates.

Erdogan: Turkey to retain presence at Kabul airport with Qatar

Erdogan on Friday said Turkey had held its first talks with the Taliban in Kabul, adding that Ankara was still assessing the Islamist group's offer for Turkey to run the airport's logistics.

Triumph of the Afghan Taliban: a double-barreled gun for China- Pakistan?

Pakistani support for the Taliban is a double-edged sword. The question is whose worldview will be exported. Will the Taliban borrow Pakistan and China's governance framework, or will they export their own ideology? Or will it embolden jihadi terrorists at home?

Pakistan’s army says AfPak border ‘fairly normal’

He added that 17 border crossings with Afghanistan are open and people with valid documents can travel. Iftikhar said Pakistan always offered help and assistance to Afghanistan, adding that his country even offered assistance to the former Afghan government but it preferred India.

Afghan photographer warns of Taliban threat to media

Long a target for militants, Hossaini made his escape from Afghanistan after learning that the Taliban "really hated" a recent story that he and a foreign journalist had covered.