One of the UK’s most senior military figures in Afghanistan was sent home in disgrace after drinking champagne with colleagues, The Telegraph can reveal. Maj Gen Charlie Herbert OBE took up a post in June 2017 in Kabul as deputy advisor to the ministry of the interior, the government department responsible for law enforcement, civil … Read more
KABUL — During the Taliban’s first stint in power in the 1990s, its disdain for many sports meant that Kabul’s main stadium drew some of its biggest crowds on the days it was used for public executions. But since seizing control in Kabul a second time in 2021, the Taliban has turned to making Afghanistan … Read more
VIENNA — An 84-year-old Austrian man who traveled to Afghanistan last year and was arrested there was released by the country’s Taliban rulers, the Austrian government said Sunday. The Austrian Foreign Ministry in a statement identified the man as Herbert Fritz and said he arrived in Doha, Qatar from Afghanistan on Sunday afternoon. If necessary, … Read more
ISLAMABAD — A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices and frightening people in remote villages, Pakistani officials and the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake was in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan, according to the … Read more
A senior Taliban official says security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores others involved in attacks against religious clerics, the public, and mosques in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD — Security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores others involved in attacks against … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan, the U.N. mission in the country said Sunday on Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban have erased basic rights and freedoms, with women and girls deeply … Read more
December 5, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EST A polio vaccinator vaccinates a boy among a group of returnees deported from Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 11. Two years after their return to power, the Taliban have been actively trying to fight polio, with awareness-raising and immunization campaigns across the … Read more
Pakistan’s military says security forces killed four militants in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s northwest ByThe Associated Press November 19, 2023, 3:13 AM ISLAMABAD — Pakistan security forces killed four militants in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said Sunday. … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Wednesday welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul’s international airport two years after stopping service following the collapse of the Western-backed government. All international airlines halted flights to Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces departed after … Read more
Pakistani officials, who thought that the Pakistani Taliban no longer posed a serious threat, have been stunned by the violence November 10, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EST Police n Peshawar, Pakistan, gather Sept. 28 to pay tribute to those killed in a January attack on a mosque inside the police compound. (Saiyna Bashir for The … Read more