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Afghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attends the Tehran International Conference on Palestine in Tehran, Iran, December 23, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Afghanistan's Taliban foreign minister visits India to build closer ties

The six-day trip by Amir Khan Muttaqi highlights the Taliban's efforts to spur engagement with regional powers to secure eventual diplomatic recognition

Amir Khan Muttaqi. File photo: Collected

Afghan Taliban foreign minister to visit India for first time

Taliban authorities say they have mostly crushed the group, even as it continues to carry out attacks in Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan hit by nationwide telecom blackout as Taliban cuts internet

A firefighter vehicle is seen in Bagram US air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan 5 July 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Explainer: Why Trump is demanding Taliban to hand back Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase years after agreeing to leave it

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‘Not even an inch’: Taliban rejects Trump's demand for return of Bagram air base

The Pulitzer Prizes in categories for journalism, drama, books and music will be handed out on May 4. Photo: Pixabay

Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities

Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque meets a Taliban leader in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Collected

Mamunul Haque, other Islamist leaders visit Afghanistan at Taliban’s invitation

Taliban bans WIFI in Afghan province to curb 'immorality'

Taliban bans WIFI in Afghan province to curb 'immorality'

Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey attends Britain's Prime Minister's press conference during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. Photo: BEN STANSALL/Pool via REUTERS

Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls

A flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flutters at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Beijing, China October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban government of Afghanistan

People walk across Red Square near St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower in central Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Russia accepts Taliban's nominated ambassador to Moscow

A stock image of a man playing chess in a tournament in Kandahar in June 2022. Photo: AFP

Taliban suspends chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns