South Asia
Firefight involving Western forces at Kabul airport, Afghan guard killed
A firefight erupted at Kabul airport on Monday when Afghan guards exchanged fire with unidentified gunmen and one guard was killed during ...Taliban fire in the air to control crowd at Kabul airport
The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to make people line up in orderly queues outside Kabul airport on Sunday, ...Taliban vow to be accountable, probe reports of Afghanistan reprisals
The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official ...Facing backlash over chaos, foreign powers try to speed Afghanistan exodus
Foreign powers sought to hasten evacuations from Afghanistan on Friday after reports of Taliban reprisals, including against people who had worked with ...Several killed amid firing by Taliban and stampede during rally in Afghan city
Several people were killed on Thursday in the Afghan city of Asadabad when Taliban fighters fired on people waving the national flag ...Three killed as Afghan protests test Taliban’s promise of peaceful rule | President Ashraf Ghani ...
At least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, witnesses said, as the militant ...Taliban say they want peace, will respect women’s rights under Islamic law
The Taliban held their first official news conference in Kabul on Tuesday since the shock seizure of the city, declaring they wanted ...Hamas chief congratulates Taliban on end of US ‘occupation’
The political chief of Palestinian resistance group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has congratulated the Taliban on the end of the US “occupation” of ...Evacuation flights from Kabul resume | Taliban announces amnesty for government officials
Military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan resumed early on Tuesday after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of thousands ...President Joe Biden defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden said on Monday the mission of the United States in Afghanistan was never supposed to be nation building as ...














