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As Pakistan's influence in Afghanistan comes under strain, India is rebuilding ties with the Taliban in Kabul. Can New Delhi turn this diplomatic opening into lasting strategic gains?
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Europe's increasingly pragmatic engagement with Afghanistan's Taliban rulers is exposing a fundamental contradiction between diplomatic non-recognition and political necessity. In an investigation for The New York Times, Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief Elian Peltier reveals how European governments are quietly expanding negotiations with the Taliban over migrant deportations, diplomatic representation and economic assistance. “Even though on paper European governments do not recognise the Taliban administration, in practice they meet much more frequently than most of us know,” Peltier ex
Russia has close ties with the Taliban and is courting Islamabad, but analysts say its leverage remains uncertain.
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 16: French papers look ahead to Saturday's call for mass protests, which will bring together a number of social movements. Next, climate change has devastating consequences on communities in Afghanistan. Also, Libération publishes a special edition written in the style of Georges Perec. Finally, this year's animal of the year has been named.
Pakistan says it intercepted 23 suicide drones launched from Afghanistan into Pakistani airspace in September alone. Since the conflict began in February 2026, the Taliban have increasingly used drones to attack Pakistan, raising concerns in Islamabad.
BBC programming is still reaching audiences on shortwave, medium wave, via satellite and online.
England batter Ollie Pope pulls out of the draft for the Afghanistan Premier League.
Afghan miners endure harsh conditions, relying on basic tools to extract precious emeralds in Panjshir's steep valleys.
In recent months, the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested or detained dozens of women for alleged violations of dress codes and for appearing in public without a male guardian.
"To name an object is to add to the misfortune of this world," said Albert Camus. This is a phrase often quoted by the great guest of Let's Talk, Yasmina Khadra. Since he wrote, he has been keen to tell the tragedies of the contemporary world from his native Algeria to Afghanistan, through Palestine, which is the subject of his latest book, "The Prior of Bethlehem", to the Flammarion editions.
Guantanamo Bay opened after the US invasion of Afghanistan. 25 years later, the war is over, but the prison remains open
Donald Trump agreed on Monday that Nidal Malik Hasan, a former US military psychiatrist who had killed 13 people on the Texas base in Fort Hood in 2009 to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, should be killed by firing squad.
The Ministers of Education and Higher Education in Afghanistan are covered by arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday. Both men are accused of gender-related persecution, a crime against humanity. On Monday, the UN Human Rights Council urged the Taliban to repeal practices restricting the fundamental freedoms of women and girls.
For years, Pakistan supported the Taliban in Afghanistan. But now Pakistan is bombing its neighbor. How the former allies became adversaries and why negotiations keep failing.
Afghan officials say at least nine women and children were killed and 11 people wounded by Pakistani air attacks.
The Taliban government in Afghanistan said at least nine civilians were killed in Pakistani airstrikes on two provinces overnight. Pakistan said it had struck militant hideouts, killing 22 fighters.
Kabul says the strikes killed 9 women and children in Kunar and Helmand provinces, as Pakistan says 22 fighters killed.
Relations strain further as Afghanistan and Pakistan trade accusations over terrorism and cross-border violence.
Pakistan has carried out new strikes inside Afghanistan.
