Afghanistan

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Taliban's rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan's future...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria stuck on Saturday to its hard line on sending home Afghans whose requests for asylum fail...

KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban insurgents have seized Afghanistan's second- and third-biggest cities, local officials said on Friday, as resistance from government...

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to...

By Gabriela Baczynska KAZITISKIS, Lithuania (Reuters) - As Taliban fighters seized a series of provincial cities across Afghanistan, thousands of...

By Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration has been holding secret talks with...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the Taliban to immediately halt their...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have seized most of Herat, Afghanistan's third largest city, and also captured Ismail Khan, the...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark and Norway are closing their embassies in Kabul for now and evacuating their staff as the security...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Gino Strada, the founder of one of Italy's most prominent charities and builder of...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will reduce its embassy staff in Kabul to the bare minimum and increase security measures at...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will continue with deportations of unsuccessful asylum seekers back to Afghanistan despite the deteriorating...

(Reuters) - Taliban insurgents control an estimated 65% of Afghan territory, after making rapid advances against local forces who are...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on Friday it may have to close its embassy in Kabul and was...

By Alexandros Avramidis ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (Reuters) - The EU's border agency is trialling new high-tech surveillance equipment to detect migrant...

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. agencies on Friday warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan as Taliban advances drive tens of...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents detained veteran militia commander Mohammad Ismail Khan on Friday after they seized the western city...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the Taliban to ensure the safety of its diplomats and staff...

(Reuters) - Kandahar, the southern city which fell to the Taliban on Thursday, is Afghanistan's second largest city, a major...