He also used the stage to iterate his long held position that the crisis in Afghanistan stems directly from “irresponsible attempts to impose alien values from the outside and intention to build...

Afghanistan's acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has appealed to former officials of past governments to return to the country and assured them "full protection", saying ...

Foreign countries greeted the make-up of the new government in Afghanistan with caution and dismay on Wednesday after the Taliban appointed hardline veteran figures to top positions, including several...

At least 14 members of the Taliban's hardline interim government in Kabul are on the UN Security Council's terrorism blacklist, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund and...

Terming the new interim government in Afghanistan as "old wine in a new bottle", former Indian diplomats on Wednesday said the cabinet formed in Kabul has dispelled "myths" of Tali...

China on Wednesday said the new interim administration announced by the Taliban has put an end to "anarchy" in Afghanistan, terming it as a necessary step to restore order, even as it reiter...

The government announced by the Taliban in Afghanistan is anything but inclusive and the Afghan people will not accept a governing structure that excludes women and minorities, the country's envoy...

The appointments gave no indication of any concession towards protests that broke out in Kabul earlier in the day. Tuesday’s demonstrators were peaceful, but as their numbers grew, and the wome...

Mohammad Hasan Akhund, acting PM: Longtime head of Taliban’s powerful decision-making body Rehbari Shura, or leadership council. He was first the foreign minister and then deputy Prime Ministe...

The Taliban named Mullah Hasan Akhund, an associate of the movement’s late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan’s new government on Tuesday and Sirajuddin Haqqani, whose organisatio...