The Biden administration is weighing whether to withdraw or keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a decision that will redefine a 20-year war.
The German government has approved a new draft mandate under which German troops would stay in Afghanistan into early next year.
We take a closer look at Russia's motives behind calling for an interim government in Afghanistan while accusing Washington of reneging on its deal with the Taliban.
The Taliban has told its members to avoid recruiting or harboring foreign fighters amid doubts about the militants' commitment to a deal reached with the United States last year that provided for severing links to terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda.
Citizens and security forces have clashed in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province, a day after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) opened fire on fuel smugglers, killing as many as 10 of them.
Afghanistan has begun its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, initially inoculating security force members, healthcare workers, and journalists as the country tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic amid a sharp rise in violence.
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have resumed in Qatar after a delay of more than a month amid escalating violence in the war-wracked country as the United Nations called again for an immediate cease-fire to curb civilian casualties.
After a deadly bombing in the Afghan capital on February 21, a video went viral showing two children crying for their wounded mother, who was hospitalized afterward. The video provoked strong emotions and debates over which scenes of violence are too shocking to share. [Warning: Disturbing images]
A barber in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has installed a small library in a corner of his shop. Assadullah says he dropped out of school early, but is encouraging other people to read as much as possible in a country where literacy levels remain low.
Suspected militants have ambushed a vehicle carrying four women activists from an NGO in the northwest region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, killing them and wounding the driver.
A blast targeting a police vehicle has killed at least two people and wounded at least five others in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
At least five people have been killed and two wounded in multiple bomb attacks in the Afghan capital.
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