Afghanistan

Former defence secretary appeared before inquiry examining whether the elite regiment carried out extrajudicial killings of unarmed Afghan civilians during war.

In July, the Taliban government in Kabul said it no longer recognized Afghan diplomatic missions in Britain and 13 other countries.

Last week, the Taliban banned women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws in Afghanistan.

The fundamentalist regime recently celebrated three years in control of the country following the US withdrawal in 2021.

Three years after the Taliban reclaimed Afghanistan, they have deliberately blocked 1.4 million girls from attending secondary education, says a U.N. agency.

The chair of an inquiry looking into allegations about UK special forces in Afghanistan has criticised the Ministry of Defence for delays in providing evidence.

‘It is my assessment that that decision came too late,’ the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the House Armed Services Committee on March 19.

Mr. Mercer is giving evidence to an inquiry that is delving into killings allegedly carried out by UK special forces in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013.

Office that tracks how $147 billion in U.S. Afghan aid is spent cites Biden administration’s aspirational ‘consular return to Kabul’ in update.

‘China finds eager friends in Tehran, Moscow, and Pyongyang, we should reflect on the lessons of history.’