Some 71 economists, including Nobel prize winners, ask Washington to return $7 billion to Kabul, saying over half of the poor country's population faces acute food insecurity and three million children are at risk of malnutrition.
Many analysts say Al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahiri’s killing is likely to brighten the prospects for Democrats in the upcoming midterm election. But it’s not that simple.
The blast follows another attack which took place during a Shia community mourning gathering in Kabul and left at least eight people dead and 18 injured on Friday. Both attacks were claimed by Daesh.
The blast occurred in a west Kabul neighbourhood that is mainly inhabited by members of the ethnic Hazara community, who are mostly Shia Muslims.
The Taliban has addressed the drone strike that killed the head of the Al Qaeda network, investigating the incident as a “claim”.
A US drone strike in Kabul killed Ayman al Zawahiri, a top Al Qaeda leader, in what is being seen as a major blow to the group. Here are some highlights of his life journey.
President Joe Biden said US intelligence officials tracked Zawahiri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family.
Biden-administration's move will make it difficult for Kabul to receive defence equipment from Washington.
More than 4,500 clerics and elders who attended the gathering renewed their allegiance and loyalty to the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.
The reclusive figure's appearance added symbolic heft to the meeting and to the decisions the group is considering about Afghanistan’s future.
The meeting aimed to address grievances and a variety of other issues, according to Taliban leadership.
The terror group said Saturday's attack targeted Hindus and Sikhs after one of its members killed a temple guard "and opened fire on the pagans inside with his machine gun and hand grenades".
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