Biden pursued botched Afghanistan withdrawal against diplomats’ advice: ex-negotiator

President Joe Biden ignored the advice of senior US diplomats – reportedly including Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who urged him not to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan without certain ... Read More

US signals greater willingness to engage with the Taliban

US diplomats say it’s hard trying to balance human rights concerns with helping the more than 20 million Afghans in need of emergency assistance. Read More

Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan

Video uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop ... Read More

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run institute training tourism and hospitality professionals. It’s a motley crew. One student is a model ... Read More

The Taliban put Afghanistan’s economy into a tailspin. These businesses are thriving

The Taliban put Afghanistan’s economy into a tailspin. These businesses are thriving - The Taliban takeover three years ago has sent Afghanistan's economy into a tailspin ... Read More

Taliban leader stands firm on his Islamic governance in Afghanistan

Their ultimate goal is to see us fail.” The Taliban leader has suspended girls' education in Afghanistan beyond the sixth grade and prohibited many women from public and private workplaces ... Read More

US says Taliban will not be recognised until it allows women’s participation in society

The Taliban will not ... to be a key tenet of US policy towards Afghanistan, said Vedant Patel, the principal deputy spokesperson for the department, speaking at a news briefing on Wednesday. Read More

Record number of Chinese migrants arrested for illegally crossing into US — same number in six months as the whole of 2023

SAN DIEGO, California — The number of Chinese migrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico border has hit a new record with 24,200 arrested in the last six months, mostly in San Diego County ... Read More

Afghans with disability urge Taliban to end ban on aid agency

Isolated under Taliban rule, Afghanistan has suffered significant reductions in donor funding. Last year, the U.N.-led humanitarian appeal received about half of its needed $3.2 billion. Read More

Fierce storms trigger flash floods and tornadoes in parts of US – video

Powerful storms have swept across parts of the US, with millions of people facing ... particularly in the city of Slidell. Nearby New Orleans experienced flash floods after heavy downpours. Read More

Us Picks! 15 Best Weekend Deals You Won’t Want to Pass Up

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships ... Here’s how we see it: Come June, we’ll be so happy to have a cute new suit and a fresh pair of sandals to rock at the beach party while everyone ... Read More