Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of civilian targeting
Digest more
Following Beijing's stepped up mediation efforts, no Pakistani air strikes were reported by either side in over a week until the bombing in Kandahar.
3d
Afghanistan’s Taliban government rejects US allegation that it engages in ‘hostage diplomacy’
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries.
Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further heightening regional instability and raising concerns about the risk of a prolonged conflict.
Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of becoming ‘a colony of India’ but India’s relations with Kabul predate the Taliban.
Cross-border clashes between the two countries intensified on February 26, two days before US, Israel attacked Iran.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, accusing the Taliban of using terrorist tactics against Americans.
Mujahid said the Taliban were holding only two US citizens and denied American claims that Afghan-American Mahmood Shah Habibi was among those detained.
"In light of the Taliban's intransigence, we must carefully evaluate the utility of international assistance and engagement in Afghanistan," Waltz said.
China has warned that terrorism nurtured under the Taliban regime poses a grave threat to regional peace and stability. Speaking at the United Nations, China's Permanent Representative Fu Cong strongly criticized the Taliban authorities,