The Taliban suspended internet services across Afghanistan on Monday, cutting off millions of people from the outside world. Afghan media reported that the restriction was in line with the Taliban ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. Will China follow? Russia has become the first country in ...

Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to local media, with the Taliban flag being raised at the Afghan embassy in Moscow.

Afghanistan’s government said on Thursday that Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a “brave decision”. The Taliban swept back to power in 2021 after ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Four years into its second stretch in power, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has been recognized by only one country: Russia. But anti-immigrant sentiment, concerns about ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan. 7 -- The mullah arrived at the Kandahar branch of Afghanistan's central bank during regular business hours, asked to see the manager, who was another mullah, and presented ...

Nearly 20 years after the U.S. drove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the group claims it holds more territory that any time since the war began in 2001. As President Trump says he wants to end ...

MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of ...