Info minister says that Afghan Taliban needs to "stop making excuses", joint mechanism will ensure that anyone violating the agreement will be punished.

The Taliban government accuses Pakistan of bombing Kabul and a market in eastern Afghanistan. A blast occurred Thursday night in Kabul near key government buildings.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif delivered Pakistan's sternest warning yet to the Taliban regime on Wednesday, declaring that Islamabad would not hesitate to strike "deep into Afghanistan" if Kabul failed to rein in militants using its soil for attacks across the border.

A startling revelation by Afghanistan's Taliban official suggests that the Asim Munir-led Pakistan Army might be pulling the strings, bypassing PM Shehbaz Sharif's civilian government to foment tensions with Kabul.

KABUL (Reuters) -Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul's dusty alleys instead of going to school - an ordeal for

After Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, New Delhi and Kabul are set to upgrade their diplomatic ties with the appointment of the first Taliban diplomat in India.

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has confirmed for the first time that the country carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan during a week-long conflict earlier this month, saying

Blaming India for the failed peace talks, Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif has escalated rhetoric to a level that pushes the Istanbul peace process into a dangerous political theatre.

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad on Friday viewed the Istanbul agreement with Kabul as a conditional truce and a step forward, but not an end-state as it awaited the next high-level engagement with the Afghan Taliban regime scheduled for Nov 6 in Turkiye.

He acknowledged the Afghan delegation’s effort during negotiations but accused Kabul’s leadership of derailing the talks under India’s pressure.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near one of Afghanistan's largest cities Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS issued an orange alert in its PAGER system, which is an automated system that produces information on the impact of earthquakes,