Taliban’s Red Crescent chief in Geneva for ‘meetings’ with aid agencies
Red Crescent says its chief, Matiul Haq Khalis, is in Switzerland to discuss the financial challenges around humanitarian aid and find solutions...
Nikbakht, the 50-year-old woman held captive for 25 long years
Neighbors heard through their children about the woman and investigated before alerting Taliban officials to her plight...
Taliban delegation departs for Russia to attend Moscow Format meeting
Taliban said in a statement that the four-member delegation is led by Amir Khan Muttaqi....
Afghanistan women’s volleyball team fumes at training conditions at Asian Games
The team says they have not been able to get any practice sessions in on a court and have been confined to working out in a gym...
Refugees from Afghanistan in Pakistan now total an estimated 3.7 million
UNHCR says talks are ongoing with Pakistani authorities to extend residency permits for refugees living in the neighboring country...
India’s Sikhs concerned about future amid escalating row with Canada
Sikhs constitute only 2% of India's 1.4 billion population, but they form the majority in Punjab, a state with 30 million inhabitants....
New round of polio vaccination campaign begins nationwide
So far this year, there have been five confirmed cases of polio, predominantly in the eastern province of Nangarhar....
France to pull troops out of Niger after coup, says Macron
France is to end its military cooperation with Niger and pull its 1,500 troops out of the African country by the end of the year after a military coup there in ...