Afghan War
FO says resolution adopted at a critical time, reflects world community's “sense of urgency” to help Afghan people.
Updated 24 Dec, 2021 07:40am
“We cannot allow hundreds of thousands of children to die because we don't want to take action,” new foreign minister says.
Published 23 Dec, 2021 09:57pm
“He was identified and killed at a checkpoint at the entrance,” spokesman for Kabul police says.
Published 23 Dec, 2021 03:46pm
It regularly targeted civilians, armed forces personnel and even schools and places of worship in both countries.
Updated 23 Dec, 2021 12:28pm
Experts in Washington say it could help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, without benefitting the Taliban.
Updated 23 Dec, 2021 08:32am
The session is a prime example of our collective determination and action to help those most in need, Antony Blinken says.
Published 22 Dec, 2021 09:25pm
The Taliban’s own inflexibility is obstructing progress on international legitimacy for the regime.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 09:27am
State Department spokesperson urges countries, particularly regional countries, to come forward and help Afghanistan.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 08:35am
Terms Pakistan’s decision to join war on terror ‘a self-inflicted wound’.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 07:27am
"We let [others] use us, sacrificed the reputation of our country for aid," premier says at FO after OIC summit on Afghanistan.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 07:24am
Pakistan has done well to organise the high-profile event.
Published 21 Dec, 2021 07:31am
Documents show “flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability”, states report.
Updated 21 Dec, 2021 08:22am
“The need for liquidity and stabilisation of the banking system is now urgent," says a UN official at OIC conference.
Updated 20 Dec, 2021 09:27am
Those desperate to leave stood patiently in single file, a day after the Taliban resumed issuing travel documents.
Published 19 Dec, 2021 03:32pm
Says Washington must "delink" the Taliban government from the 40 million Afghan citizens.
Updated 20 Dec, 2021 01:00am
Regardless of who is in power in Kabul, it is the people of Afghanistan who are now bearing the brunt of the world’s indifference.
Updated 19 Dec, 2021 12:37pm
Thousands of Afghans have applied for new travel documents to escape a growing economic and humanitarian crisis.
Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:52am
The letter is addressed to State Secretary Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:46am
Officials discuss agenda of meeting; Indonesian FM, German envoy call on army chief.
Published 19 Dec, 2021 07:03am
A previous version of the bill also proposed probing Pakistan’s role in the Afghan war, but that provision has now been dropped.
Updated 18 Dec, 2021 09:09am
The draft budget, which runs until Dec 2022, will go to the cabinet for approval before being published.
Published 17 Dec, 2021 05:13pm
FM Qureshi says delegation led by Afghan Foreign Minister Muttaqi, US special envoy for Afghanistan will also attend moot.
Updated 17 Dec, 2021 05:14pm
“Food, careers and freedom,” participants chanted, while others held placards demanding women get political posts.
Updated 17 Dec, 2021 09:44am
Coca-Cola Foundation delivers humanitarian aid for those displaced by the recent conflict in Afghanistan.
Updated 17 Dec, 2021 08:48am
Qureshi says whole region will benefit if things go right.
Updated 17 Dec, 2021 07:43am
Karzai was adamant that there would have been an agreement for a peaceful transition had Ashraf Ghani remained in Kabul.
Updated 16 Dec, 2021 07:59am
“We believe the United States has a reputational interest and a moral obligation to help the Afghan people,” they say.
Updated 16 Dec, 2021 08:47am
Says Pakistan will provide all-out support to the war-torn country to avert a humanitarian crisis.
Published 15 Dec, 2021 09:22pm
“What if the US had lost a child? What would the reaction have been?” asks man who lost his daughter, brother and six others.
Updated 15 Dec, 2021 07:32am
No photo, audio or video of meeting released; a first for Taliban to have released official statement about chief's meetings.
Published 14 Dec, 2021 11:37pm
