Banned from the sport they love by the Taliban, the Afghanistan women cricketers who take the field in Melbourne this week know their game is about more than runs and wickets.

Trump's executive order to pause admissions for at least 90 days starting from January 27 has blocked around 10,000 Afghans approved for entry from starting new lives in the United States, according to non-profit #AfghanEvac.

Iran and Afghanistan called for increased cooperation during a trip to Kabul by Tehran's foreign minister on Sunday, the highest-level Iranian official to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban's takeover in 2021.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is 'safe' in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that Lavery went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the Taliban has been holding a greater number of American hostages than was first thought. Secretary Rubio

President Trump issues threats but should be leery of what military commitments abroad could bring, the Independent Institute’s Ivan R. Eland writes.

The investigation into the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil remains ongoing, focusing on the role of bird strike and involving an analysis of the engines and the "localizer" landing guidance structure.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the Taliban has been holding a greater number of American hostages than was first thought. Secretary Rubio

Iran and Afghanistan called for increased cooperation during a trip to Kabul on Sunday by Tehran's foreign minister, the highest-level Iranian official to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban's takeover in 2021.

As the ICC prosecutor files applications for warrants against the Taliban, the Senate is set to vote on sanctions in bill that would trigger action among other things if US citizens, allies are prosecuted.

The last Afghan special immigrant visa applicants at a U.S. military base in Germany have departed, an American advocate said.

Iran hosts millions of Afghan refugees that came following the US invasion of the country in 2001 as well as the Taliban takeover in 2021