KABUL — Iran and Afghanistan convened a joint technical meeting in Kabul on Thursday to accelerate the implementation of a comprehensive bilateral economic agreement aimed at strengthening trade and investment ties. According to a statement from the Economic Affairs Office of the Taliban-led Afghan government, the session was held at …

KABUL — Vermont Senator Peter Welch delivered a scathing speech on the Senate floor Friday, accusing the U.S. government of abandoning thousands of Afghan refugees due to a combination of executive inaction and funding cuts. He pointed to a Trump-era executive order that suspended refugee admissions and slashed USAID assistance, …

KABUL — Four men were publicly executed across three provinces in Afghanistan on Friday, marking the highest number of executions carried out in a single day since the Taliban regained control in 2021, the country’s Supreme Court confirmed. The executions took place in sports stadiums in Badghis, Nimroz, and Farah …

KABUL – The United States has reversed a series of cuts to emergency food aid programs in several nations, but Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, remain excluded from the restoration. This decision comes after a wave of abrupt cancellations of U.S. foreign aid …

KABUL – The Taliban says the case of a British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan will “soon be resolved,” calling the charges against them a “small matter,” as concerns mount over their detention conditions and lack of transparency. Peter and Barbie Reynolds, a married couple in their 70s, were arrested in …

KABUL – Amnesty International has launched a powerful new campaign, #UndoTheDeadline, calling for an immediate halt to the deportation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan. The campaign, launched today, comes amid fresh crackdowns by Pakistani authorities on undocumented Afghans, including registered refugees and asylum seekers. To mark the initiative, Amnesty released …

KABUL – The Afghan interim government, led by the Taliban, on Tuesday urged the United Nations and international humanitarian organisations to ensure the “dignified return” of Afghan refugees being deported from Pakistan, as Islamabad enters the second phase of its repatriation campaign. In a press release issued from the Presidential …

KABUL — The Trump administration has abruptly cut U.S. funding for United Nations World Food Program (WFP) operations in Afghanistan, sparking urgent warnings from aid agencies and fears of widespread suffering in a country already reeling from poverty, conflict, and climate-induced food insecurity. According to documents reviewed by CNN and …

KABUL – The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a stark warning on World Health Day, declaring that Afghanistan is now grappling with the worst child malnutrition crisis in its history. In a message posted Monday on its official X account, formerly known as Twitter, the UN food agency revealed …

KABUL — The Taliban has reportedly handed over Afghanistan’s strategically critical Bagram Air Base to the United States, signaling what could be the beginning of a renewed American presence in the region. Citing Medium, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported that a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft recently landed at …