capital of Nimruz on the Afghanistan-Iran border, Afghan officials said.... People are scared, ” she

for six days in a row until Wednesday, starting with Zaranj, the capital of Nimruz Province in the

Half of one village, the entirety of the next have departed in the years since the water dried up — in search of jobs, of food, of any means of survival.... Those who remain pick apart the abandoned homes and burn the bits for firewood. They speak of the lushness that once blessed this corner of southwestern Afghanistan.... And there is no relief in sight. Image Reza Karimi, 28, left, and his cousin Khanjar Kuchai, 30, extracting wood and kindling last fall from relatives’ abandoned homes in N

Afghan journalists who have worked for the British media will be considered for relocation to the UK if they come under “ imminent threat ”, Boris Johnson’s government has announced. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said cases would be considered “ on an exceptional basis ” as fears grow over the rapid advances made by the Taliban in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of almost all Western troops. Dawa Khan Menapal, the director of Afghanistan’s media and information centre, was shot dead in

Afghan journalists who have worked for the British media will be considered for relocation to the UK if they come under “ imminent threat ”, Boris Johnson’s government has announced. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said cases would be considered “ on an exceptional basis ” as fears grow over the rapid advances made by the Taliban in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of almost all Western troops. Dawa Khan Menapal, the director of Afghanistan’s media and information centre, was shot dead in

Hundreds have been killed or wounded, and many more have been displaced.On Friday, government forces in Sheberghan were thought to have beaten back the Taliban incursion, after insurgents entered the city and tried to overrun government buildings, like the Police Headquarters and the prison.... The number of civilian casualties is unclear.“ The situation is so scary in the city, ” said Matin Raufi, a Sheberghan resident.... This is especially pertinent for the capital of neighboring Helmand Pr

Then we moved towards Iran, group after group." I went through this way several times in the past. Previously there were maybe 200 or so, people but this time it was chaos." Thousands were there.... I saw women heavily pregnant, babies, old men.... " But when the airlift and the media frenzy are over, the overwhelming majority of Afghans, some 39 million, will remain inside Afghanistan....

KABUL( AFP)-As a string of Taleban victories show Afghan government forces in disarray, a young general is advancing his reputation on the battlefield and on social media. Provincial cities in the north have fallen like dominoes this week-in some cases after government forces retreated or surrendered without a fight-but in Lashkar Gah, a Taleban heartland, the army appears to be providing stiffer resistance. Leading them is General Sami Sadat, 36, the highest-ranking army officer in southern Afg

They nearly went to war in 1998, after the Taliban killed 10 Iranian diplomats.... After the Taliban’s ouster, Iran assisted in forming a new Afghan government, bringing together feuding warlords.A promising sign from Tehran’s perspective came Thursday.... “ Today this statue, next, Hazara people." Given the history between the two countries, Iran would have preferred a political settlement in Afghanistan that didn’t leave the Taliban as the sole rulers....

On Monday, displaced people huddled together under makeshift lodging consisting of little more than bedsheets stretched across wooden poles. Hasib Siddiqi, a resident of Farah city, said his neighbors had fled the city in recent days.“ We were deceived by the government’s assurances, ” he said.... Farah Province sits on the main highway that runs to the western city of Herat, where Taliban fighters have also laid siege.... 31, as American forces complete their withdrawal. Taimoor Shah reported