open image in gallery Peter and Barbie Reynolds outside the British embassy in Kabul on the day of their wedding in 1970 (Family handout/ The Independent) Taliban official Abdul Mateen Qani ...

The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader on Thursday issued a message saying Afghanistan had a “golden opportunity” for unity and reconciliation. Hibatullah Akhundzada, who seldom leaves the southern ...

The UK has shut its embassy in Kabul and withdrew its diplomats from the country after the Taliban returned to power. The Foreign Office says the government's ability to help British nationals in ...

The U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful ...

In December 2023, the father-of-seven fled Afghanistan where he'd been working in security at the British Embassy in Kabul. He was eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. Mr Rahimi ...

Peter and Barbie Reynolds have run school training programmes in the country for 18 years and remained in Afghanistan after ...

A British man’s ‘life is in danger’ with his health deteriorating since he and his wife were detained in Afghanistan. Peter ...

The US has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, officials in Kabul said on Sunday ... it was in control of Afghanistan’s embassy in Norway. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan ...

The Taliban’s rule, especially bans affecting women and girls, has triggered widespread condemnation and deepened their international isolation.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who acknowledged planning a January 2008 attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul, which killed six ... was in control of Afghanistan’s embassy in Norway. Since the Taliban ...