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Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled central bank said it had seized nearly $12.4 million in cash and gold from former top government officials on Wednesday, including former vice president Amrullah Saleh. In a statement, the central bank sa..
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani was speaking in a joint press conference with French foreign minister HE Jean-Yves Le Drian in Doha. Le Drian said dozens of French nationals are still..
Three former U.S. presidents - Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent American w..
Thousands of Afghans protested against the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, according to a former government official and local television footage, after residents were asked to vacate a residential army colony. Protesters gath..
August 15 turned out to be an unforgettable day, especially for the inhabitants of the capital city – Kabul as an atmosphere of fear reigned. Venturing for peace, instantaneously slipped away when the 20-year war in the region culminated, as th..
REUTERS Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling Taliban said, a position which, if formally implemented, would effectively bar them from employment in government offices, banks, media companies and b..
AFP An international commercial flight touched down in the Afghan capital on Monday, the first since the Taliban retook power last month. Kabul airport was left trashed after foreign forces completed their chaotic withdrawal on August 30, evacu..
REUTERS U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel held in an Uzbek camp for about a month began leaving the country on Sunday, one of the pilots told Reuters, under a U.S. deal that came despite Taliban demands for the return of the Afghans a..
BBC Afghan universities will be segregated by gender, and a new Islamic dress code will be introduced, the Taliban has said. Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani indicated women would be allowed to study, but not alongside men. ..