Commandos in Britain’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) corps killed at least 54 Afghan civilians in controversial circumstances but the senior military officials refused to act despite being aware of it.

The United States has released Assadullah Haroon Gul, an Afghan national held in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay for fifteen years.

The Taliban has signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hand over the control of Afghanistan's airports to Emiratis, the group's acting deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.

The chaotic and hasty withdrawal of the US-led allied forces from Afghanistan last year, including the British troops, has been described by the UK lawmakers as “systemic failures of leadership, planning, and preparation”.

Dozens of Afghan worshippers were killed after a deadly attack ripped through the capital Kabul on Friday.

The Biden administration announces plans to ease restrictions on cash-strapped Afghans facing food shortages.

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country.