Americans Ryan Corbett and William W. McKenty III were freed, their families said. The Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was released.

The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and disastrous consequences in Afghanistan where relief operations are already stretched thin.

A 90-day suspension of all aid, no new grants, no new transfer of funding, will have disastrous consequences immediately … for an already starved aid operation for very poor and vulnerable girls and women and civilians in Afghanistan,

The rights of the people being sent back to Taliban– sometimes at a rate of 2,000 people per day– are in a precarious position. Many arrive with no place to live, no jobs to sustain them, and no hope

Britain has ruled out resettling hundreds of Afghan refugees left stranded after Donald Trump blocked all flights into the US...

The Taliban’s acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a

The many vulnerable Afghans already returning from Iran, whom I met at the border this week, feel they live in an enduring limbo,” stated Jan Egeland ... since the Taliban regained control ...

The fate of tens of thousands of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the U.S. hangs in the balance after Trump suspended the refugee admissions program.

Senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan say they hope for better relations with Iran after a visit from its foreign minister.

An executive order has halted refugee flights for Afghans who supported the American mission in Afghanistan and had been approved to resettle in the U.S.

The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) secretary general Jan Egeland says Afghanistan is unprepared to receive millions of refugees expe