Afghanistan
Afghan economic meltdown would be ‘gift for terrorists,’ says U.N. chief
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for an injection of cash into...
Read moreAfghanistan flights into U.S. suspended because of measles cases -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flights of Afghanistan refugees into the U.S. have been temporarily paused because of four cases of measles,...
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No Afghan refugee exodus yet but ‘massive displacement’ possible -U.N. refugee agency
By Dominic Evans GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - The Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not led to a dramatic refugee exodus...
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White House says 19 Americans left Afghanistan on Qatar Airways Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nineteen Americans were on a Qatar Airways flight out of Kabul on Friday, the White House said,...
Read moreQatar Airways plane returns from Kabul, al-Jazeera reports
DUBAI (Reuters) -A Qatar Airways plane returned to Doha from Kabul on Friday, carrying 156 passengers, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel...
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‘We have no choice’: migrants undeterred by UK threat to send boats back to France
By Richard Lough and Forrest Crellin CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Mustafa Suleiman, 21, is resolute in his determination to reach...
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Taliban have their work cut out to win hearts and minds in Kabul
(Reuters) - After 20 years of fighting, the Taliban have tried to present a conciliatory face to the world. Afghanistan's...
Read moreBrother of Afghan opposition figure executed by Taliban, family says
(Reuters) - The Taliban have executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, the former Afghan vice president who became one of...
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Taliban response to Afghan protests increasingly violent, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. rights office on Friday said that the Taliban response to peaceful marches in Afghanistan has...
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Spanish minister, in Pakistan, expresses concern over women and human rights in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Friday expressed concern over human rights and the treatment of...
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Brokering exit from Afghanistan, U.S. envoy Khalilzad became face of diplomatic debacle
By Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a luxury hotel along Doha's coastline last year,...
Read moreTraumatized and anxious, Afghans evacuees begin life in Australia
By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) -After evacuating Afghanistan, the first of about 3,500 people - mostly women and children -...
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Russia to reinforce its Tajikistan base with new tanks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is to equip its military base in Tajikistan, which neighbours Afghanistan, with 30 new tanks by...
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Facing stalemate in ties, Biden and China’s Xi discuss avoiding conflict in call
By Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Gabriel Crossley WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
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Afghanistan commercial flights resume as U.N. accuses Taliban of harassment
(Reuters) -The first international commercial flight under Afghanistan's new Taliban interim government departed Kabul on Thursday carrying more than 100...
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U.N. says Afghan staff increasingly harassed, intimidated since Taliban takeover
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghan staff of the United Nations are being increasingly subjected to harassment and...
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U.N. warns Afghanistan needs money to prevent total breakdown
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations warned on Thursday that the freezing of billions of dollars in...
Read moreU.S. citizens safely in Qatar after Afghanistan charter flight -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A charter flight carrying U.S. citizens and other lawful permanent residents has safely landed in Qatar after...
Read morePakistan, Qatar call for unconditional humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan and Qatar on Thursday called on the international community not to make humanitarian aid to Afghanistan conditional...
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Lithuania expels Afghanistan migrants despite European Court stand
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania on Thursday sent five Afghan migrants back to Belarus shortly after they had...
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