Powerful earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds more, officials say

Afghanistan's Taliban government says a powerful earthquake in the country's north has killed at least 20 people and left hundreds injured.

Afghanistan urges India to scale up trade, expand use of Iran's Chabahar Port

Afghanistan's Taliban government urged India on Thursday to scale up trade and open cargo hubs in its territory, as it ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan have been holding peace talks. Here’s what to know

Pakistan and Afghanistan have held peace talks as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes last month that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded.

Afghanistan's fragile communities buckle under pressure as millions return home, UNDP says

The United Nations says the return of millions of Afghan nationals is putting extreme pressure on struggling communities ...
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Uzbekistan, China discuss Afghanistan security, bilateral cooperation

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Chinese FM Wang Yi met in Tashkent, focusing on regional security, ...
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Afghanistan hands out 10 million digital IDs in four years

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says the digital ID distribution has been happening through easy ...

Afghanistan needs $129 million for quake recovery, UN says, as donor support falls

A UN-led assessment says Afghanistan requires $128.8 million to restore housing, schools and key services in its quake-hit ...

Pakistan says troops killed 20 militants in a region bordering Afghanistan

Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering ...

Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium

In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in ...

India and Afghanistan to launch air cargo services to boost trade

Air cargo services between India and Afghanistan will be launched soon, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday, ...

Part of the U.S. strategy in 20 years of war in Afghanistan? Weakening poppies

In an exclusive Washington Post story, reporter Warren Strobel describes a CIA operation in Afghanistan over the course of about a decade. The goal was to degrade the country's opium crop.