Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Benon Sevan, the veteran United Nations diplomat who played a key role in the organisation's efforts to broker a political settlement in Afghanistan during the final years of th... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- A 21-year-old Afghan national living in Arlington, Texas, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing and possessing child sexual abuse m... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated $18 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving hu... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- China has opened a new joint military support and training facility in Laos, establishing its first overseas military foothold centered on air-force activities and expanding Bei... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Three people were injured and limited damage was reported after two Saudi airports were targeted in attacks as fighting between Saudi-backed Yemeni forces and Iran-backed Houthi... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Authorities in Afghanistan's western Herat province have banned the sale and public flying of kites, according to a statement. The Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Vir... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Zabihullah Mujahid has rejected the International Criminal Court's decision to unseal arrest warrants for four senior Taliban officials, saying the Taliban do not recognize the ... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- The United Nations Human Rights Council has condemned attacks on civilians in Sudan and called on the country's warring parties to agree to an immediate and complete ceasefire w... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington knows who was behind threats that prompted the United States to move its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in Britain, warnin... Read More
Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo has described the Taliban's continued exclusion of girls from education beyond age 12 as "totally una... Read More