Middle East

A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghanistan has killed at least 50 people, officials say. The attack, which occurred in a Shiite mosque, is the deadliest assault since US forces left in September. The blast hit the mosque during

(Reuters) – The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been resolved. The statement from the foreign affairs ministry comes as the new

Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban’s political office and other officials

The USA should withdraw all troops and contractors by the existing August 31 deadline, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday. Afghanistan citizens will not be allowed to leave the country via the ongoing U.S. evacuation