Taliban authorities in Afghanistan reportedly have agreed to allow female students to pursue higher education in Pakistan, provided that their male guardians also are granted visas to accompany ...

(RNS) — Thousands of Afghan wartime allies have completed years of security vetting and final medical checks, but their travel is now indefinitely on hold. (RNS) — “We will bring honor to ...

A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the Taliban government in Afghanistan was freed Sunday after over two months of imprisonment in a deal brokered by Qatar, a source with knowledge of the release ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and they face expulsion in the near future, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad warned Wednesday. The embassy issued a ...

An Afghan national is accused of attempting to kill his caseworker, who is also from Afghanistan, in a stabbing in Orion Township that authorities said may have been motivated by religion.

Dar warns of risk of conflict over India's "aggressive statements"; says some Afghan refugees in Pakistan involved in terrorist activities.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group ...

The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.

Since she escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin more than three years ago, Zahra Hakimi has experienced a brightness to her life that would have been stripped from her had she stayed in her native ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that the country’s Helmand River water rights treaty with Afghanistan is not... The busy border crossing was closed for all trade and travel and ...

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan lacks the resources to provide its people with basic public services. Experts warn a permanent cut of US aid could have devastating consequences for the Afghan people.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The last Afghan special immigrant visa applicants housed at Rhine Ordnance Barracks have departed, effectively ending the involvement of the U.S. military in Germany in ...