Latest Afghanistan News

Russia hosts the Taliban for talks on regional threats and says it will keep funding Afghanistan

Sep. 29, 2023 09:18 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Moscow will keep helping Afghanistan on its own and through the U.N. food agency, Russian officials said Friday as they hosted Taliban representatives for talks on regional threats. The talks in the Russian city of Kazan came as Moscow is trying to maintain its...

Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet

Sep. 29, 2023 08:22 AM EDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding nearly 70 others, authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest attacks...

GOP senators sharply question Pentagon nominee about Biden administration's foreign policies

Sep. 28, 2023 15:49 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate hearing Thursday on the nomination of the official to be the Pentagon's top policy adviser was dominated by Republicans expressing their frustrations with the Biden administration's foreign policies, from the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to Ukraine funding and...

Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Sep. 28, 2023 00:01 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2022. There are 94 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective...

As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'

Sep. 27, 2023 06:06 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid,” the head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality said Tuesday. Sima...

Pakistani raid on a militant hideout near Afghanistan leaves 3 militants dead, the military says

Sep. 26, 2023 03:12 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani troops raided a suspected militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed three militants, the military said Tuesday. A militant commander was among those killed in the shootout...

As Gen. Milley steps down as chairman, his work on Ukraine is just one part of a complicated legacy

Sep. 26, 2023 00:08 AM EDT

OSLO, Norway (AP) — On a frigid U.S. air base in Germany, the top U.S. military officer was in his element. Striding along the training area in his fatigues, Army Gen. Mark Milley bellowed at the Ukrainian troops gathered around him. “Slava Ukraini!” he hollered, again and...

He spoke no English, had no lawyer. An Afghan man's case offers a glimpse into US immigration court

Sep. 24, 2023 10:09 AM EDT

The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn't worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the details of his asylum claim spoke for themselves. Mohammad was a university professor, teaching human rights courses in Afghanistan before he fled for the...

Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside

Sep. 22, 2023 13:08 PM EDT

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are now banned by the Taliban from participating in...

From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges

Sep. 22, 2023 11:14 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The odd device draws curious onlookers everywhere. From the outside, it resembles little more than a large black box on a tripod. Inside lies its magic: a hand-made wooden camera and darkroom in one. As a small crowd gathers around the box camera,...