Afghanistan
Taliban claims victory in Panjshir, Resistance Forces says fight is on – Video Report
Video Report 1 Video on social media showed a group of Taliban members raising their flag outside the Panjshir provincial governor's compound, with one declaring, "The capital of the Panjshir…
Qatar’s Emir discusses Afghanistan with U.S. secretaries of state and defense
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar's ruling emir and the visiting U.S. secretaries of state and defense discussed developments in Afghanistan and efforts to enhance security there, the emir's court said on…
A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen
(Reuters) - Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their…
Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan – WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with…
Four Americans evacuated from Afghanistan overland -State Dept official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has evacuated four Americans from Afghanistan into a bordering country, a State Department official said on Monday, in the first U.S.-facilitated overland evacuation since…
Former UK PM Blair warns West should prepare for bio-terrorism threat
LONDON (Reuters) - Islamism remains a "first order" security threat and the West should prepare for potential use of biological weapons by extremist groups, former British prime minister Tony Blair…
Taliban tells Berlin it will welcome German companies, aid
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Taliban would welcome German investment in Afghanistan and help in areas including humanitarian aid, health care, education and infrastructure, the group's spokesman told Bild newspaper. The…
Britain looking carefully at suicides among Afghan veterans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is investigating whether or not some veterans from the Afghan war have taken their own lives because they are so devastated by the chaotic withdrawal of…
Panjshir – Talks or Fighting to Continue? A Video Report
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement…
Some British veterans taking their lives due to anger over Afghan withdrawal
LONDON (Reuters) - Some British military veterans from the Afghan war have taken their own lives because they are so devastated by the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from the…
British minister says he was wrong on Afghan veterans taking their own life
LONDON (Reuters) - A British junior defence minister said on Monday that he was wrong when he said that some former British soldiers had taken their own lives due to…
Over 1,000 await flight clearance to leave Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif -organizer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 1,000 people, including Americans, have been stuck in Afghanistan for days awaiting clearance for their charter flights to leave, an organizer told Reuters, blaming the delay…
