Afghanistan
State Dept, Pentagon are concealing Afghanistan data, says U.S. watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan's…
Russia signals not ready to let Afghanistan’s Taliban into U.N
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - No-one is in a hurry to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government, Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday, signaling that Moscow…
The Constructive Chaos in West and South Asia
The quest for global dominance has taken dangerous trends in different parts of the world. Starting from West Asia and North African states, as the Arab Spring; and into South…
By Dr Waiel Awwad
U.N. urgently needs cash in Afghanistan, but struggles for solution
By Jonathan Landay and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations cannot get enough cash into Afghanistan to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people on the brink…
China urges World Bank, IMF to help Afghanistan
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday to resume financing support to cash-strapped Afghanistan…
Russia tells Afghan neighbours to say no to U.S., NATO presence
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top diplomat told Afghanistan's neighbours on Wednesday to refuse to host U.S. or NATO military forces following their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Kremlin is worried by…
Taliban government offers Afghans wheat for work as money dwindles
KABUL (Reuters) - For Kabul day labourer Khan Ali, struggling to feed a family of six since losing his job as a market trader, life has become so hard that…
China says Taliban eager to have dialogue with the world – Iranian state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban is eager to have dialogue with the international community, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi virtually said at a conference held in Iran. "The Taliban is…
Taliban officials celebrate cricket win but Kabul streets subdued
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban officials took to social media on Monday to congratulate the Afghan national cricket team for winning a match in the Twenty20 World…
Thousands stranded as Afghan-Pakistan border crossing stays closed
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of trucks and other vehicles waited at one of the main crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday as the border closed again after a…
In war and in peace, passion for cricket alive and well in Afghanistan
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - Khushhal has been fighting for the Taliban since he was 13 but now that they have won the war against the former government,…
‘Children are going to die’, U.N. agency warns as Afghanistan verges on collapse
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a…
