Afghanistan

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday raised concerns about China&s alignment with Russia in a seven-hour meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi as Washington warned of the isolation and penalties Beijing will face if it helps Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.

The meeting took place in Rome as the United States told allies...

Afghan security forces on Monday arrested a man trying to smuggle $600,000 from Afghanistan to Iran, an official said.

The arrest was made by border forces at Milak border crossing in Nimroz province, said Mawlawi Hashim Hanzala, the border commissary.

The official identified the arrested individual as Syed Momin, a permanent resident of Nimfoz...

More than 1.2 million children aged 6 to 59 months are earmarked to be vaccinated during the current measles vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.

According to WHO, about 9,200 health workers, volunteers, supervisors, and monitors have been mobilized to cover 49 districts in 24 provinces in a...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday he advised Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials on what steps need to be taken for the Afghan government to gain international recognition.

&We told them in a very friendly fashion which steps should be taken for international recognition,& Cavusoglu told a press...