ISLAMABAD( Kyodo)--One month into power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have begun showing signs reminiscent of their previous rule under which priority was given to governance based on Islamic law and women were repressed.... Whether world powers and others would formally recognize the new government remains an open question.... There are concerns that Afghanistan might be left isolated, and that a humanitarian crisis and chaos would deepen there....

However, the Americans have failed to understand Afghanistan, and their policies towards the country have not achieved positive results.... So while the Taliban should respond to peace overtures, expecting them to break with this ‘tradition’ is unrealistic.... In fact, US blunders in Afghanistan go back to the Soviet invasion, when, fired up by Cold War rhetoric, Washington opposed the communist government in Kabul by playing the religion card and creating the ‘mujahideen’....

CAIRO( Reuters)-Qatar's foreign minister held talks with the prime minister of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan on Sunday, in the highest-level foreign visit to Kabul since the militant group seized the capital last month. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called upon the country's new rulers to" involve all Afghan parties in national reconciliation" when he met Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hasan Akhund, Qatar's foreign ministry said. Qatar is considered one of the countries with the most infl

KABUL( AFP)-Having conquered Afghanistan, the Taliban now faces the formidable task of keeping the peace within their own ranks and running a country on the brink of ruin, experts say.To outsiders, the hardliners may appear homogenous and united on all ideological and strategic matters. But like any other large political organisation, the decades-old Islamist group has its divisions, rivalries, allegiances and factions. The fissures were largely kept in check during the 20-year effort to defeat

Handing the Taliban billions would mean funding the machinery of its ultraconservative rule.... The U.S. faces a series of dilemmas in dealing with a Taliban government.... But if Washington waits too long, other powers may fill the diplomatic vacuum first. Iran and China, which border Afghanistan, are both signaling that they may embrace the Taliban government in exchange for promises related mostly to terrorism....

“ The vast natural resources of Afghanistan, such as copper, lithium, or rare earths, have significant economic potential for China, ” said Jalal Bazwan, assistant professor of political science at Kardan University in Kabul. Immediately after his installation in December as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Beijing, Bilal Karimi held discussions with the Chinese state-owned company MCC on Mes Aynak, the world’s second-largest copper deposit, some 40 kilometres from the capital Kabul. MCC obtained exp

( Reuters)-Afghanistan may be governed by a ruling council now that the Taliban has taken over, while the Islamist militant movement's supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, would likely remain in overall charge, a senior member of the group told Reuters. The Taliban would also reach out to former pilots and soldiers from the Afghan armed forces to join its ranks, Waheedullah Hashimi, who has access to the group's decision-making, added in an interview. How successful that recruitment is remain

KABUL, Afghanistan— Her voice is steady and calm, but at times, talking of days just passed, she has the look of a person in the grip of vertigo.... And there’s no way out.” Before Kabul fell to the Taliban on Aug.... 15, this 30-year-old Afghan woman was something of a pioneer....

BORIS Johnson ruled out putting British boots back on the ground in Afghanistan as he extended a diplomatic olive branch to the Taliban. The PM ruled out a" military or combat solution" to the Islamists' surge but said the UK would look to “ exert what pressure we can ” with whoever is in government in Kabul.... 4 Troops board a flight to Afghanistan after Boris Johnson gives the military the go ahead Credit: PA 4 The prime minister has ruled out a' combat solution' Credit: Andrew Parsons/ No10

close Video Afghanistan facing' humanitarian catastrophe' under Taliban rule, UN warns Fox Nation host Lara Logan reacts to the continued fallout over the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.... He also dismissed international pressure for the formation of a more inclusive Cabinet. The half-hour audio played on state-run media was the first such public address by Mohammed Hassan Akhund since the Taliban captured Kabul and secured their rule over the country t