Afghanistan
Activists urge UN to investigate alleged Taliban crimes
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The ousted Afghan government and activist groups called on the main U.N. human rights body on Monday to investigate reports of targeted killings and…
Taliban ask airlines to resume international flights to Afghanistan
(Reuters) - The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been…
Russia’s Lavrov says Taliban recognition ‘not on the table’
By Michelle Nichols and Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that international recognition of the Taliban was not currently under consideration. Lavrov…
Taliban hang up bodies of alleged kidnappers in Afghan city
(Reuters) - Taliban authorities in the western Afghan city of Herat killed four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies up in public to deter others, a local government official said…
Balochistan is Now a Geostrategic Center of Gravity in South Asia
As long as the United States maintained a presence in Afghanistan, China could not fulfill its ambition to dominate South Asia and isolate India. Now largely free of American influence…
By Dr Lawrence Sellin
Myanmar will not address world leaders at U.N., Afghanistan will
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - No representative from Myanmar is scheduled to address the annual high-level U.N. General Assembly, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday, amid rival claims…
Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls’ education
By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012, pleaded with…
U.S. condemns Taliban’s reported plan to reinstate executions, amputations
(Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Washington condemns in the strongest terms reported comments by a Taliban official who said the group would restore…
U.S. grants licenses for more aid flow to Afghanistan despite sanctions
By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Friday further paved the way for aid to flow to Afghanistan despite U.S. sanctions on the Taliban, who seized control…
Hundreds protest in Kabul to demand release of Afghan foreign reserves
(Reuters) - Hundreds of people protested in Kabul on Friday, demanding that the United States release billions of dollars in central bank reserves blocked outside Afghanistan as the new Taliban…
Afghan Taliban defence minister orders crackdown on abuses
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -The Taliban's new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement's victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last…
U.S. fallout over Kabul drone strike grows with plans for multiple probes
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Democrat said on Thursday that multiple congressional committees will investigate a drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians last month, to…
