Kabul

June 03, 2022

Indian officials meet Taliban in Kabul in first visit since US exit

Poverty and hunger have rocketed in Afghanistan since the Islamist militants took power after the United States pulled out, and India has sent food grains and other aid.

January 20, 2022
Pentagon releases first video of botched Kabul airstrike

The New York Times obtained the footage through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against US Central Command, which then posted the imagery to its website.
October 03, 2021
Bomb explosion at mosque in Kabul, several civilians feared dead

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. However, since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, attacks by Islamic State group militants against them have increased.
September 15, 2021
One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban

After four decades of war and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, security has largely improved, but Afghanistan's economy is in ruins despite hundreds of billions of dollars in development spending over the past 20 years.
September 06, 2021
Taliban leader Mullah Hasan Akhund nominated as head of Afghanistan

According to the Taliban, Mullah Hasan had worked in important positions during their previous government in Afghanistan.
September 06, 2021
Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province

The province was the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not seized during their sweep last month.
September 05, 2021
Taliban resume some flights, press assault on final holdout

Since the takeover, the Taliban have sought to recast the group as different from its 1990s incarnation, when they last ruled the country and enforced strict controls across society.

Kabul

Indian officials meet Taliban in Kabul in first visit since US exit

Pentagon releases first video of botched Kabul airstrike

Bomb explosion at mosque in Kabul, several civilians feared dead

One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban

Taliban leader Mullah Hasan Akhund nominated as head of Afghanistan

Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province

Taliban resume some flights, press assault on final holdout

Taliban sources say last Afghan holdout region falls; resistance denies claim

Rebels hold out in Afghan valley as Taliban to set up govt in Kabul

Concerns relating to terrorism primary focus: India on Afghanistan