In a roughly 30-minute phone call Sunday afternoon, President Biden delivered difficult news to the families of three Americans held by the Taliban. He did not have a deal with the Taliban to free ...

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai warned that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have implemented 100 laws that violate women's rights. She also condemned Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

On August 15, 2021 when Kabul fell to the Afghan Taliban without a single shot fired, an India diplomat posted in Islamabad admitted "Pakistan has defeated us". "Give credit where it is due," said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for at least one high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay with ...

KABUL, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Taliban's foreign office said they saw India as a "significant regional and economic partner" after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest ...

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The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who is alleged to have been a close ...

With its first high-level, bilateral engagement with the Taliban regime, New Delhi appears ready to increase ties with Kabul. This would mark a significant step in diplomatic engagement for the ...

Americans are funding the Taliban because tax dollars sent abroad as foreign aid is ending up in the hands of the Islamic terror group, a Republican congressman said ...

Malala Yousafzai has urged Muslim leaders to challenge the Taliban government in Afghanistan and its repressive policies for girls and women. "Simply put, the Taliban in Afghanistan do not see ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai appealed to Muslim leaders on Sunday to champion women and girls’ education despite bans imposed by the Afghan Taliban government that the UN says are ...

Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif has categorically rejected the allegations levelled by Acting Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Stanikzai, terming them baseless, concocted and ...