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US VP Harris vows ‘enduring engagement’ with Afghanistan on top priority

US officials insist the trip was planned long before the Afghan crisis and is focused on Washington's broader strategic goals in Asia.

EU, ADB request Pakistan’s assistance for evacuation

PIA is set to operate three special flights to Kabul on Monday to evacuate foreigners and their dependents.

Hekmatyar warns India against its role in Afghanistan

In an exclusive interview with APP, the former Afghan commander said initial talks about the formation of a new government had been started here after the Doha peace agreement.

Airport battle: ANDSF member killed, US German troops join the gunfight

As fighting intensifies at the Kabul airport, US and German troops join the skirmishes to maintain safe evacuations.

Afghanistan’s ethnic diversity and power struggle

Afghanistan was the world's fourth most dangerous country in last year's Peoples under Threat Index, compiled by Minority Rights Group International.

Despair rules the cricket ground, Afghan players unable to focus

In the last 20 years, it has also emerged as a powerful symbol of national unity in a country riven by civil war and ethnic conflict.

Badri-313: The Taliban’s Elite Commando Unit

While the US was spending billions of dollars in Afghanistan training an army to maintain control of the country after they left, the Taliban, it seems, had plans of their own.

Afghans facing intense food insecurity: WFP

One in three Afghans is at dire risk of food insecurity. The conflict has uprooted all existing mechanisms to support civillians.

WSJ: Sec Blinken was warned about Kabul’s Fall

About two dozen U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan sent an internal cable last month warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the potential fall of...

PIA evacuate 350 more people from Kabul

Pakistan has continued to play a positive role amidst chaos in Afghanistan. It is still offering save evacuations and transit routes to those who wish to travel back home.

Erdogan willing to talk to Afghan Taliban

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara is willing to cooperate with the Taliban after they took over Kabul on 15th August....

Taliban and Al-Qaeda: A bond unbroken?

Abu Omar Khorasani was taken from Kabul’s Pul-i-Charkhi prison and unceremoniously shot. The first and only person to have been executed since the Taliban gained...