In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally ...

Darkly comic videos made by a tour agency and shared by Taliban-linked accounts on social media are encouraging people to ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has denied that his government is preparing to formally recognize the Taliban in Afghanistan ...

Nearly four years after the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, numerous countries have diplomatically engaged with the Islamic Emirate, accepting its rule as a political reality. Yet, no government had ...

This is the first deportation under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has pledged stricter migration policies since taking ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry ...

After the June war between Israel and Iran, Iran expelled hundreds of thousands of Afghans—threatening stability and ...

Uzbekistan is betting that cooperation with the Afghanistan and the Taliban on infrastructure projects will pay off.

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country. In a statement, the Russian ...

The arrest warrants, for Afghanistan’s leader and its top justice official, say the restrictions on women and girls are ...

After deciding his trips to Iraq, Syria and Belarus were “not enough”, Toyosi Osideinde prepared for his ultimate “dangerous and thrill-seeking” experience – Afghanistan.