Afghanistan

In a separate farewell meetings with Sirajuddin Haqqani and former chairman of the reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah, the outgoing UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, emphasized the importance of fighting terrorism in Afghanistan.

In a series of tweets Saturday night Lyons said that in a meeting with Sirajuddin Haqqani,...

Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said the first group of Afghan pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning.

The group left from Kabul Airport on an Ariana Afghan Airlines flight.

Abdul Salam Hanafi, the second deputy prime minister, said at a  ceremony ahead of their departure at Kabul...

The Indian men&s football team beat Afghanistan 2-1 in its second Group D match of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers third round at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.

Indian captain Sunil Chhetri scored a brilliant free-kick while Sahal Abdul Samad kept composure to score the winner in stoppage time. Zubayr Amiri scored the only...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking remotely at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, said the outcome of the war in his country affected not just Ukraine, but the future of international order.

His country is seeking to push the Russians out of areas it has controlled since early in the war, and is defending against ferocious Russian...