Afghanistan

Lloyd Austin and President Ashraf Ghani discuss Afghan peace process and rising violence, presidential palace says.

Taliban stand firm on demand for an Islamic government in Afghanistan, without elaborating on what it would look like.

Politician Habiba Sarabi only woman in 12-member delegation of Afghan government and leaders attending Moscow talks.

Afghanistan to receive $113m, Bangladesh $500m and $75m for Nepal to vaccinate their populations against the pandemic.

The conference is the first of three before a May 1 deadline for withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan.

Bombing comes on day Afghan government, Taliban and key countries, including US and Russia, gather in Moscow for talks.

Antonio Guterres names veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy to Afghanistan ahead of Moscow talks.

President disparages agreement struck by former President Trump with Taliban as ‘not very solidly negotiated’.

Pandemic may have indirectly contributed to around 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, UN report says.

John Sopko says removing US troops without peace deal would be ‘a disaster’, as talks set for later this week in Moscow.

Qatar’s special envoy, Ambassador Mutlaq Alqahtani, to participate in the March 18 meeting, official tells Al Jazeera.

International aid to Afghanistan decreased from a high of $6.7bn in 2011 to $4.2bn in 2019, the World Bank data shows.

Taliban and government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have agreed to attend meeting in Russian capital on Thursday.

Schoolgirl choirs are a regular feature of official Afghan events, and the ban prompted a backlash on social media.