Afghanistan

Iraq&s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani prime minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock after a national election in October last year, Reuters reported.

The presidency, traditionally occupied by a Kurd, is a largely ceremonial position, but...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Afghanistan remains one of the most serious security challenges in the region.

Speaking at the sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana in Kazakhstan on Thursday, he said despite two decades of US and NATO presence, Afghanistan has been unable to address...

Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai told Pakistan&s Charge d&Affaires to Afghanistan Asad Abbas on Thursday that Pakistani officials sometimes make statements about the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) that causes ®ret&.

At a meeting in Kabul, Stanikzai told Abbas that &both sides should pay...

The United States on Thursday extended the COVID-19 pandemic&s status as a public health emergency for another 90 days, thereby preserving measures like high payments to hospitals and expanded Medicaid, Reuters reported.

The extension was announced by U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday. Last month, President Joe Biden said in an...