Afghanistan
Erdogan says Turkey-U.S. ties not healthy – Haberturk TV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey's ties with the United States were not healthy and that Washington needed to "sort out" issues over Ankara's…
WHO urges international donors to resume Afghanistan health funding
(Reuters) - The World Health Organisation's representative to Afghanistan called on the international community on Thursday to resume funding of the war-torn country's health program which was suspended when the…
China senior diplomat says economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be lifted as soon as possible. Economic sanctions on…
Sunni scholars who left Afghanistan hope Islam’s tolerant message survives Taliban
By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Clerics from Egypt's ancient seat of Sunni study Al-Azhar, who spent years teaching in Afghanistan and were planning to open an education centre for…
Italy’s Draghi, Russia’s Putin discuss Afghan crisis, G20 summit-statement
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Wednesday, in a phone conversation, the situation in Afghanistan ahead of a G20 summit scheduled…
Exclusive-Taliban names Afghan U.N. envoy, asks to speak to world leaders
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail…
Taliban expand economic team as Afghan crisis deepens
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government bolstered its economic team on Tuesday, naming a commerce minister and two deputies as the group tries to revive a financial system in shock from…
PM Modi speaks on telephone with President Macron of France
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on telephone today with His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic of France. The two leaders discussed regional issues including recent developments in…
Afghanistan’s Taliban say working on reopening girls’ high schools
(Reuters) - The Taliban administration in Afghanistan is working towards reopening high school education for girls, who were left out of a recent return to school for boys and younger…
Taliban say no al Qaeda or ISIS in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being in the country, days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for…
India seizes $2.7 billion Afghan heroin haul amid Kabul takeover chaos
By Sumit Khanna and Zeba Siddiqui AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - Indian officials said on Tuesday they had seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200 billion…
Islamic state claims responsibility for attacks in eastern Afghanistan
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in the city of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, the group's Amaaq News Agency said on its Telegram…
