Advertisement
Advertisement
TOPIC

War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan
The latest news, analysis and opinion on War in Afghanistan. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
A military surplus shop in Baghdad. Around 2,500 US troops had been stationed in Iraq in recent years. Photo: EPA
Middle East

US forces set to complete exit from Iraq after 2 decades

Departure from Iraq bases seen as a boost to Iran and its allies, even as Washington wages war against Tehran.

Donald Trump

US prepares sanctions against the ICC: sources

10
Afghanistan

2.4 million Afghan girls banned from schools 5 years after Taliban takeover: UN

videocam
Pakistan

‘Mini Kabul’ falls silent as Pakistan targets undocumented Afghans in border province

About 2.3 million Afghans – some who lived in Pakistan for decades – have been sent back since the repatriation drive began in 2023.

A man collects building materials in Peshawar before his repatriation to Afghanistan on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
United States

General who was last US soldier out of Afghanistan suddenly steps down

Christopher Donahue, commanding general of US Army Europe and Africa, is the latest in nearly two dozen military leaders to depart.

4
Central Asia

Afghan government workers face sack, jail after smartphone ban begins

Employees will be available only ‘via telephone calls and email’, an official says, citing an order from the supreme leader.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Australia

Decorated Australian soldier faces 5 murder charges in Afghan war crime probe

Roberts-Smith reportedly kicked an unarmed Afghan civilian off a cliff and drank out of a prosthetic leg of a man who was gunned down.

4
Former member of Australia’s elite Special Air Service regiment Ben Roberts-Smith leaves the Federal Court in Sydney on May 1, 2025 .Photo: AFP
Diplomacy

Opinion | Why India is quietly deepening its engagement with the Taliban

New Delhi’s courtship of Kabul is powered by realpolitik as the imperatives of security, strategy and connectivity converge.

videocam
Afghanistan

Video | Pakistan declares ‘open war’ with Taliban

Air strikes came hours after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops in what the Taliban government said was retaliation.

Pakistan

Pakistan declares ‘open war’ with Afghan Taliban, attacks Kabul, Kandahar

The air strikes came hours after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops in what the Taliban government said was retaliation.

videocam
Taliban security personnel stand guard near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

UK’s Starmer slams Trump’s ‘insulting’ remarks on allies in Afghanistan

The US president had accused European troops of staying off the front lines, despite 457 British service ⁠personnel being killed in the war.

videocam
18
US President Donald Trump (left) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announce an agreement between the two countries in Aylesbury, Britain, in September 2025. Photo: Reuters
Afghanistan

Video | Resistance museum changes under Taliban rule

The museum no longer has a ‘hall of fame’ gallery featuring portraits of mujahideen commanders, including some who fought against the ruling Taliban.

Pakistan

Can mediators prevent war between Afghanistan, Pakistan as tensions spike?

Prolonged proxy warfare could create space for terrorist groups such as Isis-K to regenerate and plot overseas attacks, analysts warn.

videocam
My Life

Can a psychic reading change your life? He thinks so

Angus Donald’s reporting took him from Hong Kong to Kabul. When he finally slowed down, he found love because of a psychic.

Angus Donald at his house in Kent, UK, last month. Photo: James Clarke
Central Asia

Digital blackout in Afghanistan as Taliban cuts internet access to stop ‘vice’

Mobile phone and internet signals are less than 1 per cent of ordinary levels, in line with an ‘intentional disconnection’, watchdog says.

videocam
A man tries to use Google on his smartphone amid a total telecom shutdown across Afghanistan on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Taliban

US citizen released by Afghanistan’s Taliban after visit by envoy

The foreign ministry identified the prisoner as Amir Amiri and said he had been handed over to Adam Boehler, US special envoy on hostages.

Central Asia

Trump demands Bagram airbase, ‘not possible’ Taliban says

Trump threatened punishment against Afghanistan if the base was not returned, four years after it was abandoned by US troops in a deal he brokered.

6
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Earthquakes

Afghan earthquake deaths top 2,200, survivors face aid crunch

The first earthquake of magnitude 6 struck on Sunday and a second quake of magnitude 5.5 occurred on Tuesday.

videocam
Afghans transfer earthquake relief supplies in Suki district of Kunar province on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
International Criminal Court

US sanctions ICC judges for probes into alleged American, Israeli war crimes

The sanctions, announced by Secretary of State Rubio, are the latest steps the US has taken against the international war crimes tribunal.

videocam
War and conflict

Opinion | For war-ravaged youth, education is an anchor in the chaos, not a luxury

Education systems adapted to local conditions are strategic, long-term investments in community resilience. It must be treated as a frontline intervention in a crisis.

videocam
Taliban

Taliban urged to release elderly UK couple before they ‘die in custody’

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, have been held for over five months without charge.

Taliban fighters on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. File photo: Reuters
Britain

UK reveals secret US$1.1 billion resettlement of thousands of Afghans

The programme, protected by a superinjunction, resettled at-risk Afghans, including those who helped UK forces, due to fears of Taliban retaliation after a data breach.

Afghan refugees, fleeing the capital of Kabul, arrive at Pristina International airport in Kosovo in August 2021. Photo: AFP
Russia

Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban government of Afghanistan

The Taliban government had seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces staged a chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years of war.

videocam
United States

US hits ICC judges with sanctions over Israel, Afghanistan cases

Washington targets four judges with travel bans and asset freezes; ICC condemns move.

4
Fame and celebrity

Meet Carey Mulligan’s military brother, Owain Mulligan – who just wrote a memoir

The Oscar-nominated actress’ older brother has just released a darkly funny memoir about his time in the British Army, which already has ringing endorsements from John Oliver and Richard E. Grant.

Meet Carey Mulligan’s ex-military brother, Owain Mulligan, who just released a memoir. Photos: Greyhound Literary; AP
Afghanistan

UK woman fears for elderly father detained by Taliban in Afghanistan

A British couple in their 70s were arrested by the Taliban last month.

videocam
Taliban security personnel in Kabul, Afghanistan. File photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, insiders say

Such a move could put some 240,000 Ukrainians who escaped the war with Russia on a fast track to deportation.

videocam
5
International Criminal Court

Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

The move, with sanctions on people who help in ICC investigations of US citizens or allies, has been condemned by the court and many nations.

videocam
24
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement