Mujahid's comments came less than a month after US President Joe Biden announced the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul.

The economists said that the plunge in economic activity and the sharp cuts to foreign aid by previous supporters of the country after the US military withdrawal had sent the Afghan economy into a tailspin.

Last year, this week, the Taliban launched a final offensive to win back control of the country they ran between 1996 and 2001.

The UAE has sent three planes carrying a 1,000 sqm field hospital, which includes 75 beds and two operating rooms equipped with the latest medical supplies and devices, to offer relief to earthquake victims in Afghanistan.

Talks between the United States and the Taliban continued in Doha earlier this week to discuss earthquake aid, the State Department said Friday, months after the two parties last meet in the Qatari capital in March.

The United States and the Taliban plan talks Thursday in Qatar on unlocking some of Afghanistan's reserves following a devastating earthquake, officials said, with Washington seeking ways to ensure the money goes to help the population.

An estimated 2,000 homes have been destroyed by the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, and a lack of machinery is hampering a rush to find survivors, a UN envoy said Wednesday. The earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more, with...

Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.

The crackle of gunfire. A gasp of a stranger. Explosions rumbling in the distance. In the Afghan capital of Kabul, such sounds would normally prompt panic.

A United Arab Emirates company signed a contract with the Taliban authorities Tuesday to provide ground handling services at Afghanistan's three airports, officials said, as the country seeks to resume international transit. Capital Kabul's only airport was trashed in August when tens of thousands of people rushed to evacuate as...

The Taliban on Saturday imposed one of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since seizing power, ordering them to wear the all-covering burqa in public. The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their last stint in power between 1996 and...

Afghanistan's supreme leader appeared publicly for only the second time in six years on Sunday, telling worshipers celebrating Eid al-Fitr the Taliban had achieved freedom and security since seizing power last year. Akhundzada delivered his brief address from one of the front rows of worshipers in Kandahar.

Most patients come from neighboring countries including Iraq and Afghanistan, Head of the tourism office at Iran’s Ministry of Health Mohammad Reza Tarjoman said.

The region is home to around a third of Islam's adherents. Festive Iftar meals traditionally bring families together and there is intense social activity.

In the middle of a bazaar in western Afghanistan, Arezo Akrimi takes out her smartphone and, after a few taps of the screen, changes some cryptocurrency for a bundle of hard cash. Arezo, 19, is one of a hundred students in Herat receiving around $200 a month in cryptocurrency since...

The World Happiness Report, now in its 10th year, is based on people's own assessment of their happiness, as well as economic and social data.

One of the Taliban's most secretive leaders, whose only picture on US "most wanted" lists is a grainy semi-covered profile, was photographed openly for the first time Saturday at a passing-out parade for new Afghan police recruits.

The objective of the new aid provided by World Bank is to "protect vulnerable Afghans and help preserve human capital and key economic and social services."

Arabs noted that while the toll of war may be similar in the respective conflicts, the media treatment is not. Many also drew a comparison between Europe's welcoming of Ukrainian refugees and the influx of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans.

Afghanistan's main universities reopened Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women returned to now-segregated classes.

The decree implemented on an "emergency" basis took effect on Friday based on a 'request' of a former government of Afghanistan that no longer exists.

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) approved the establishment of the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF), which will channel humanitarian and development assistance to Afghanistan. The AHTF will be administered by the IsDB, which welcomed the OIC invitation to its member states, Islamic financial institutions, donors, and other international partners to...

US officials in the United Arab Emirates met with Afghans after a protest in Abu Dhabi this week and discussed their "potential" transfer to the United States, an embassy statement said.

Protesters in Iran's southeast attacked trucks belonging to Afghan drivers during a demonstration on Friday over water rights for a river that flows from Afghanistan, Iranian state media said.

A Taliban delegation headed by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is meeting representatives of the US, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, the European Union, and Norway in their first visit to Europe after coming taking over to Afghanistan.

Private Turkish and Qatari companies have agreed to jointly operate five airports in Afghanistan, although they are still waiting to reach a final deal with the Taliban. Officials of the two countries have said little about the details of the memorandum of understanding.

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To avoid giving the Taliban access to Afghanistan's reserves, Washington froze an estimated $10 billion held by the central bank abroad after the Taliban seized power on August 15.

Saudi Arabia has said the collapse of Afghanistan would lead to chaos that has regional and international ramifications, while stressing the need to ensure that the country does not turn into a haven for terrorist and extremist groups. Speaking during the emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation hosted...

Poor or inadequate surveillance footage often contributed to deadly targeting failures.

The OIC has said its members as well as non-members need to organize and implement an immediate humanitarian assistance plan for Afghanistan.

Saudi Arabia sent two aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Thursday, state media reported, its first such initiative since the Taliban took control of the crisis-stricken country in August. The kingdom's state-run King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) sent more than 65 tons of aid, including 1,647 food...

Negotiation is the first and foremost step, but not the last one, Nasr said, noting that there should be considerable agreements and outcomes to let the trust grow.

The signing is to take place at the 7th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the two countries.

Turkey and Qatar on Monday raised the possibility of jointly operating Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off for two days of talks in Doha.

A flight chartered by Paris flew out 258 Afghans who were ‘particularly threatened because of their activities, especially journalists, or because of their links to France, including former locally-recruited civilian personnel for our armies,’ France has said. The same flight carried 11 French nationals and about 60 from the Netherlands,...

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a statement on Monday that his country supports the Kingdom's initiative.

The Gulf country has played a significant role both in diplomacy and evacuations as the US ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan.

The Islamic State militant group's Afghan branch on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines and plunged Kabul into darkness.

The two leaders discussed bilateral relations, investment opportunities, economy and culture, as well as other vital sectors, to drive sustainable development in both countries.

The UAE have been key staging posts for evacuation flights for foreigners and Afghans

The United States on Thursday praised the Taliban as businesslike and cooperative in facilitating the first evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan since the US military withdrawal.

Turkey turned into the home of one of the world's largest migrant populations when it struck a deal with Brussels to help resolve Europe's 2015-16 refugee crisis

Blinken, accompanied by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, is the most senior US official to visit the region since the Taliban's lightning takeover of Afghanistan on August 15.

Doha's long-standing hotline to the Taliban has helped Qatar burst onto the world stage with its efforts to assist Kabul reopen its airport.

The UAE foreign ministry confirmed to AFP that "this is the first (Emirati) aid flight since the recent events in Afghanistan".

The announcement of a cabinet may take place on Friday following afternoon prayers

A technical team has landed in Kabul to discuss the resumption of airport operations after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a source. "While no final agreement has been reached regarding providing technical assistance, Qatar's technical team has initiated this discussion based on the other side's request. Talks are...

The Taliban celebrated the US withdrawal, which was completed on Monday, as a major victory after taking control of Afghanistan last month. A long line of green Humvees idled in single file on a highway outside Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the militant movement, many with white-and-black Taliban flags attached...

Taliban fighters swept into the airport and fired weapons into the sky in jubilation as the last of the American troops left on Monday night.