Afghanistan

US troops in Afghanistan would have been exposed to Taliban attacks if they had stayed longer and delaying their departure wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway. With those arguments, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended…

A Taliban spokesman says a new Afghan government will be announced soon. "It's about a few final technical issues." However, the spokesman denied that there was an internal conflict over the formation of a new government. Since the…

Eyewitnesses tell the German news agency DPA that the crowds at Kabul airport are increasing, despite the threat of a terrorist attack. People are so close together "it looks like a wall". Several governments have called on people…

The runway at Kabul International Airport has reopened. On Monday, chaos reigned at the airport as large numbers of desperate Afghans tried to board planes to flee the new Taliban regime. For example, German and French planes could…

NATO will have withdrawn all military personnel from Afghanistan within a few months. This concerns American soldiers and the troops of NATO's Resolute Support mission, the alliance announced on Wednesday. "The withdrawal…

In the Afghan capital of Kabul, at least 13 people were killed in an attack on a maternity hospital, including 2 babies. Elsewhere in the country, at least 10 people died and tens of others were injured in a suicide bombing…

Afghan troops were hit with the Taliban when they tried to reach the wreck of an American plane in the mountains. The Taliban claimed yesterday to have brought the aircraft down during a reconnaissance flight over the east of the country.…