Afghanistan

Afghanistan

An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

How do Pakistan and Taliban Afghan militaries stack up as tensions flare?

Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes and ground fighting between the South Asian neighbours last month - their deadliest confrontation since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021

Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

9 children killed in Pakistani attack in Afghan province: Taliban

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says Afghanistan gives shelter to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and alleged India gives them backing. Photo: AFP

Pak Taliban group claims Islamabad bombing, Sharif blames India & Afghanistan

Photo: BSS/AFP

Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks fail again: Kabul

People search the debris of damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Samangan province, Afghanistan, 3 November 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured

Houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Five years of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo

Why is Afghanistan so prone to earthquakes?

Note: A shakemap represents the ground shaking produced by an earthquake. The information is different from the earthquake‘s magnitude and epicenter as a shakemap focuses on the variation in ground shaking produced by the earthquake, rather than describing the earthquake‘s source or strength. Photo: United States Geological Survey/Rebecca Pazos

Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured

Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

No resolution as Afghanistan, Pakistan end peace talks in Istanbul: sources

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump vows to resolve Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions 'very quickly' as peace talks continue

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Salahuddin

Pakistan defence minister warns of 'open war' with Afghanistan if peace talks fail

Afghan Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to immediate ceasefire after peace talks in Doha

Afghan Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara

Afghanistan, Pakistan to hold peace talks in Doha after fierce fighting