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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Perched high above the southern edge of Kabul’s old city, the imposing fortress of Bala Hissar has endured centuries of invasions, uprisings and conflict that scarred Afghanistan and left the citadel crumbling.

As Pakistan's influence in Afghanistan comes under strain, India is rebuilding ties with the Taliban in Kabul. Can New Delhi turn this diplomatic opening into lasting strategic gains?

The incident is the latest test of a fragile ceasefire agreed between the two countries last month.

An alleged Islamic State group militant has been convicted of a conspiracy charge in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Click to expand Image TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi wearing a face covering as she reads the news in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 22, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had…

From Reading Lolita in Tehran, an award-winning account of an underground Iranian women's book group, to The Kite Runner, a best-selling novel about modern Afghanistan, tales of Islamic culture have entranced Western readers eager for a glimpse into a…

Mohammad Sharifullah was charged with providing material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. More than 180 people died in the attack.

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By Fazelminallah Qazizai , Omkar Khandekar A crowd gathers outside Kabul's Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, where the United Nations says an airstrike killed more than 100 people on Monday.

Top UN officials condemned on Tuesday Pakistan’s overnight strike on a rehab centre that reportedly killed at least 400 people in Kabul, according to Taliban authorities, and injured more than 250 others.

The Taliban in Afghanistan claim that a Pakistani military airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed over 400 people, but Pakistan alleges the site was a weapons depot.

Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people.

Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month.

Pakistan's defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

Nearly five years after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Kabul has appointed its first envoy to India, marking a significant milestone in diplomatic engagement between the two countries.