Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) Interior Minister Sarajuddin Haqqani met with border security and Kuchis during a visit to Kost province on Wednesday.

According to the ministry, Haqqani met with the two groups, along with locals, in a remote area in Gurbaz district close to the Durand Line.

The border security forces and the...

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US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West said Wednesday that former al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had freedom in Kabul prior to his death and that Washington &is deeply concerned about a number of other terrorist groups active in Afghanistan&.

Speaking at an event at the Center for International and Strategic Studies,...

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Pakistan&s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari wants the world to engage the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and has warned of dangerous consequences if Afghanistan&s rulers are again isolated.

In an interview with AFP, Zardari cautioned against creating ¶llel governance& after the United States, distrustful of...

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A 30-year-old man from Afghanistan died in the UK on Sunday morning after falling from a 16th floor window while trying to escape a fire in the apartment where he was living.

The deceased was named by Bristol authorities on Wednesday. He was Abdul Jabar Oryakhel, who had only been in the UK in February.

Oryakhel fled the country after the collapse...

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Taiwan will end its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals from Oct. 13 and welcome tourists back, the government said on Thursday, completing a major step on its plan to re-open to the outside world, Reuters reported.

Taiwan had kept some of its entry and quarantine rules in place as large parts of the rest of Asia relaxed or lifted them...

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A Chinese official on Wednesday urged the international community to take an &objective stance& over the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), saying social order in the country is gradually being restored.

In a regular press briefing, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, also acknowledged that Afghanistan right...

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