Tag: Afghanistan
Taliban official says US envoy agrees to prisoner swap in Kabul meeting
United States officials have agreed to a prisoner exchange after a rare talk with the authorities in Kabul,…
US officials hold talks in Kabul over Americans detained in Afghanistan
(Reuters) -U.S. officials held talks on Saturday with the authorities in Kabul over Americans held in Afghanistan, the…
Afghans describe devastation after earthquake
Khas Kunar, Afghanistan – Stoori was pulled out from under the rubble of his house in Kunar province…
Afghanistan quake destroyed 5,230 homes in 49 villages — but the UN hasn’t gotten to 362 others
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found…
Long-awaited pension payments relief for Afghan retirees
After a four-year suspension, the Taliban government has announced it would resume pension payments for Afghanistan's nearly 150,000…
September 11, embassy bombing victims cannot seize Afghan bank assets, US appeals court rules
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) -Victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the August 7, 1998 bombings…
Can China make Pakistan and the Taliban friends again?
Islamabad, Pakistan – With clasped hands and half-smiles, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban…
Bus crash kills dozens of migrants just deported back to Afghanistan by Iran
Seventy-eight people were killed in a collision in western Afghanistan Tuesday evening between a bus carrying Afghan migrants,…
Afghanistan bus crash death toll rises to 79, including 19 children
The death toll from a bus crash in western Afghanistan has risen to 79, after two survivors died…
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, GFZ says
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Tuesday, the German Research Center for…
Afghanistan’s water crisis goes regional
Over four decades of war, Afghanistan wielded limited control over five major river basins that flow across its…
From drought to floods, water extremes drive displacement in Afghanistan
Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away…