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Divided UN council down to wire on travel exemptions for Taliban officials

The divided UN Security Council failed to reach agreement on whether to extend travel exemptions for 13 Taliban officials now ruling Afghanistan as they expired at midnight on Friday. UN diplomats said Russia and China want to allow all 13 to continue to travel while the US and Western nations are determined to cut the number to protest the Taliban's rollback of women's rights and failure to form an inclusive government as it promised. Russia and China asked for more time on Friday evening to consider the latest US proposal, the Security Council diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions have been private. So, the travel ban will be restored on all 13 Taliban officials until Monday afternoon at the earliest when Russia and China must now respond to the US proposal. Dozens of Taliban members have been on the UN sanctions blacklist for years, subject to a travel ban, asset freeze and arms embargo. But some Taliban officials were granted waivers so they cou

Explained | How a year of Taliban rule has changed Afghanistan

On 15th August 2021, the Taliban swept into Kabul. The world would remember the day as one in which the American troops abandoned Afghanistan, leaving behind chaotic scenes at Kabul's international airport with thousands of Afghans desperately attempting to flee the country. A year after the dramatic day much has changed in Afghanistan. The former insurgents struggle to govern and remain internationally isolated. The nation remains in the grips of the world's "worst" humanitarian crisis. #taliban #afghanistan #usa #talibanrule #afghancrisis #kabul #kabulairport

Doha agreement with Taliban a 'big mistake,' says former US NSA John Bolton

Referring to the Doha agreement between the US and the Taliban the biggest mistake, ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton said that the Taliban has failed its commitments towards Afghan people

Afghanistan: Taliban condemns Kabul mosque blast that killed 20 people

The Taliban on Wednesday condemned the explosion that took place at a mosque in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, which left 20 people dead.

Taliban urges international community to cooperate with their leadership

As the Taliban completed a year of rule in Afghanistan, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi urged the world leaders as well as the international community to recognise the government.

India can make a significant contribution to stabilise Afghanistan: Russia

After PM Modi said India can realise its full potential if it remains rooted in its civilisational DNA, Vladimir Putin said that more countries are choosing the path of free, sovereign development

The Taliban factor

India's outreach remains an open question

Afghan resistance group claims arrest of Taliban forces in Panjshir

An Afghan armed resistance group claimed to have arrested dozens of Taliban forces, as the Islamists celebrated their first year in power and others called it a "dark day"

Biden admin slams report critical of 'chaotic' US withdrawal from Afghan

The Biden administration has slammed a new report by the Republican Party assessing the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Poverty, hunger and exclusion mark one year of the Taliban rule

The economic downturn has driven millions more Afghans into poverty and even hunger, as the flow of foreign aid slowed to a trickle

A year into Taliban 2.0's rule, what has changed for Afghanistan?

A year into the Taliban's rule over Afghanistan, the nation's economy, which was already suffering over the past few decades due to permanent war, has only worsened

Taliban to bring new curriculum in Afghanistan for girls' education

After backlash by the international community over the neglect of girls' education in Afghanistan, the Taliban have created a "directorate of academic curriculum"

Taliban dispensation assures security to Indian mission in Afghanistan

The foreign ministry of the Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan on Saturday said it welcomed India's diplomatic presence in Kabul

Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in blast in Kabul

Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in a blast which occured in Afghanistan's Kabul, local media reported

Positive step to bigger change: Taliban urges US to recognize Afghan govt

Taliban urged the US to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Taliban say they had no info about Zawahiri's 'arrival & stay' in Kabul

The caretaker Taliban administration in Afghanistan has said that the group was uninformed of Ayman al-Zawahiris "arrival and stay" in Kabul

US warns of possible retaliation after killing of Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri

In a Worldwide Caution Update, the department said it believed "there is a higher potential for anti-American violence given the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri on July 31, 2022"

Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri killed in US strike in Afghanistan, says Biden

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Joe Biden said

Taliban under scrutiny as US kills al-Qaida leader Zawahiri in Kabul

The US drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house intensified global scrutiny Tuesday of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers

Taliban confirms Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri's killing; condemn US drone attack

Taliban confirms Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri's killing; condemn US drone attack