Afghanistan Times

KABUL – Germany has issued a sharp clarification of its stance on Afghanistan’s Taliban-led interim government, declaring that no diplomatic recognition will be granted “in the near future”—despite expanding technical contacts and recent cooperation on controversial deportation flights. Speaking from Moscow, Germany’s ambassador to Russia, Géza Andreas von Geyr (also …

By Maria Zakharova, Spokeswoman, Russian Ministry of Foreign AffairsOriginally published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta AT Kabul: As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the world, a new form of global inequality is emerging, one that revives colonial patterns in digital form. At a recent meeting of the Russian Foreign Ministry, we began a …

Pakistani officials have called for urgent international cooperation to combat the use of social media by terrorist groups. Senator Talal Chaudhry and Barrister Aqeel Malik warned that extremists like TTP, ISKP, BLA, and BLF are actively using platforms such as X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram for recruitment and propaganda. Chaudhry …

KABUL – In a groundbreaking move blending sport and human rights, FIFA has appointed former Scottish international Pauline Hamill as the inaugural coach of the newly formed Afghan Women’s Refugee Team—marking a powerful new chapter for displaced female athletes in exile. Hamill, who earned 141 caps for Scotland and has …

KABUL — India has issued a sharp diplomatic warning against China and Pakistan’s move to extend the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan, calling the proposal “unacceptable” and a threat to regional stability. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said …

KABUL — A controversial UK evacuation operation intended to rescue Afghan allies has come under fire after credible reports revealed that former Taliban fighters, sex offenders, and ex-prisoners may have been resettled in Britain due to serious failures in the vetting process. According to a detailed investigation by The Telegraph, …

KABUL — Nearly three years after the Taliban banned girls from secondary and higher education, Afghan girls are turning to religious schools, or madrassas, as their only remaining path to learning — a shift that critics warn is reshaping education into an ideological tool, suppressing ambition and threatening the nation’s …

KABUL – Tajikistan has sharply intensified deportations of Afghan refugees, a move driven less by immigration control and more by deepening national security fears. Authorities have issued stern warnings for thousands of Afghans—many of whom have lived in Tajikistan for years—to leave within 15 days or face forced removal. Since …

KABUL — In a striking sign of shifting alliances in Central Asia, Turkmenistan’s ambassador to Russia, Esen Aýdogdyýew, met with the Taliban’s newly recognized envoy, Mawlawi Gul Hassan Hassan, in Moscow to chart a course for deeper cooperation in energy, transit, and infrastructure. The meeting comes just weeks after Russia …

KABUL — The United Nations has accused the Taliban of committing widespread human rights violations against Afghan refugees who have been forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan, including acts of torture, arbitrary arrests, and threats to personal safety. The alarming findings are detailed in a new joint report released Wednesday …