KABUL: Anti-Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley said today they were battling to repulse “heavy” assaults, as the Islamists seek to capture the last holdout...

[caption id="attachment_14758" align="alignnone" width="1000"] FILE PHOTO: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference...

US President Joe Biden has condemned a new law in Texas banning abortion from as early as six weeks and vowed to defend women's constitutional...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters today yesterday that he had no plans to dissolve the country’s lower house because of the severity...

ISLAMABAD: There is growing concern among Pakistani officials about security in neighbouring Afghanistan, as the Taliban tries to form a government and stabilise the country...

NEW YORK: Less than 40 per cent of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and three quarters...

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced he will address the nation today on the final US exit from Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the...

[caption id="attachment_14700" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16. [/caption] KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban, who staged...