Category: Al Jazeera

A joint force of troops from Mozambique and Rwanda which regained control of a strategic port from the armed group al-Shabab in the north says [more…]

Months of violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have highlighted the growing ethnic divide, awakened old rivalries and produced odd alliances. And Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed [more…]

The future of Afghanistan is topping most international agendas this week, with many fearing a return to Taliban rule of 20 years ago. The group’s [more…]

The Taliban have taken control of Jalalabad, capital of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, early on Sunday morning without a fight, according to officials and a resident. [more…]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left Afghanistan for Tajikistan as the Taliban closes in on Kabul, according to several media reports. Ghani’s departure comes amid [more…]

It took the Taliban ten days to take over Afghanistan, and emotions are ranging from astonishment at how quickly it happened to fear of what [more…]

Afghanistan is now under the full control of the Taliban. It took the armed group less than ten days to sweep across every province and [more…]

On July 8, President Biden said a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was “highly unlikely”. On August 15, they were in the presidential palace in Kabul. [more…]

The US says the Taliban has agreed to ensure that civilians trying to leave Afghanistan get to Kabul’s airport safely, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan [more…]

Anti-Taliban protests in the eastern city of Jalalabad over the removal of the Afghan flag have now spread elsewhere in Afghanistan. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride, [more…]