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The Taliban unveiled its new government on Tuesday in the presence of invited foreign delegations from Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar - which gives a strong indicator of how Afghanistan's new foreign policy will be…

Senator Lindsey Graham (Representing South Carolina) on Monday predicted the United States “will be going back into Afghanistan” due to the threat of terror.After praising former President Donald Trump for maintaining the U.S. military…

After a meeting between top UN officials and Taliban leaders on Sunday, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar - who is expected to be Afghanistan's next president, the Taliban said the UN has vowed to keep aid flowing to the country, which…

U.S. military officials are withholding the names of the ISIS terrorists allegedly killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan that was carried out in retaliation for the suicide bombing attack that left at least 13 U.S. troops dead.Pentagon…

Buried deep in the ongoing mess that is the Afghanistan evacuation, another ugly problem is rearing its head: older Afghan men have reportedly been admitted to intake centers with young girls they have claimed as their "brides".The…

A group of Afghan women activists On Friday staged a small protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul calling for equal rights and full participation in political life.In spite of the risk, a group called the Women's Political Participation…

Zabihulla Mujahid, the spokesman for the group, has stated the Chinese would help to revive Afghan copper mining.He also praised the Chinese for their One Belt One Road investment project which has forged forward despite criticism from…

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters in the Panjshir Valley and strived to ward off economic collapse.…

The Taliban on Wednesday held a huge victory parade showing off dozens of American-made armored vehicles along with newly seized weapons at victory celebrations in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Read Also: Biden Told Afghan…

Despite all evidence to the contrary, President Biden appeared before the American people on Tuesday to try to sell his version of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.With a straight face, Biden half-shouted to the American people…

U.S. President Joe Biden and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani spoke by phone on July 23. Here are excerpts from that call, based on a transcript and recording reviewed by Reuters:BIDEN: Mr. President. Joe Biden.GHANI: Of course,…

As the world watches events in Afghanistan unfold, many have started to wonder what the Taliban rule means for the future of the country’s opium production.Afghanistan is the world’s largest producer of opium poppy, which is the raw…

The Taliban has declared that Afghan women will be allowed to study at university, but not in the same room as men.The group's acting higher education minister also said that male teachers will not be permitted to teach female students…

A U.S. military C-17 carried the last American troops out of Afghanistan on Monday, marking the formal end of the longest war in U.S. history but leaving between 100 and 200 Americans and tens of thousands of America’s Afghan allies to face…

A video of an Afghan TV host giving an address has gone viral online due to some alarming juxtaposition.This is the shocking moment an Afghan TV news presenter reads out the headlines while surrounded by armed Taliban thugs.The clip…

US anti-missile defences have intercepted as many as five rockets that were fired at Kabul's airport early on Monday morning, a US official said, as the United States rushed to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end its longest…

The mother of a Marine killed in the Kabul airport attack called President Joe Biden a 'dementia-riddent piece of crap' as the president met with families of the 13 fallen service members on Sunday.She also claimed that Americans who…

Three children were killed in a US drone strike that American officials said struck a vehicle carrying Islamic State suicide bombers, the Associated Press quotes an Afghan official saying on condition of anonymity due to security concerns.…

The US, Sunday afternoon, carried out a drone strike against a vehicle threatening the Kabul airport that had been linked to the Afghan ISIL affiliate, spokesperson for US Central Command has said.This is happening just days after an…

The US embassy in Kabul Sunday warned of a “specific” and “credible” threat for the area around the airport, urging US citizens to "immediately" leave the area.This is coining in just hours after Joe Biden said that he was informed by…

The United States said its intelligence had finally redeemed itself when it carried out a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan against an Isis-K “planner” behind the deadly attack on Kabul airport on Thursday.This is as countries wrap up…

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Friday confirmed that there is no evacuation process in Afghanistan because there is no Nigerian in the Asian country.The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission explained that its findings…

The U.S. military carried out a drone strike on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on Friday, the first retaliatory action following an attack at Kabul airport that killed at least 170 other people.Among the 170 killed in Thursday's…

American filmmaker, Tyler Perry has shared an Instagram post addressed to US soldiers following the turnaround of things after the Taliban seized power.He noted that he is hopeful the soldiers and their families know he and others are…

Former President Barack Obama Friday released a statement addressing the terrorist attack outside the Kabul airport that killed and injured over 100 people on Thursday.The statement reads, “Like so many of you, Michelle and I were…

Former President Donald J. Trump has said that President Joe Biden's intensifying Afghanistan crisis is the result of "the dumbest move ever made perhaps in the history of our country", adding that the Delaware Democrat has surrounded…

The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the attack outside the Kabul airport.Recall that two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday,…

No fewer than 60 Afghans and 12 United States (US) troops were killed with dozens wounded yesterday when two powerful explosions took place outside Kabul’s international Airport, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan.…

Players from the Afghanistan women's national football team had an 'important victory' on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul.Global football players' union FIFPRO thanked the…

The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele, has predicted that a sect like the Taliban currently terrorising Afghanistan is regrouping in Africa to take over Nigeria and some other countries.He issued fresh…