The resolution passed with 116 votes in favour, while the US and Israel opposed it and 12 countries abstained.

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

On July 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Moscow had formally recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Later that day, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko accepted credentials ...

About 800,000 people have been deported to Afghanistan, a desperately poor country, under an Iranian campaign that ...

With a pledge of support and official recognition, Russia’s relationship with the Taliban has evolved considerably.

Russia announced on July 3 that it officially recognizes the Taliban government of Afghanistan, making it the first country ...

July 4 (UPI) -- Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Russia has formally recognized the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, almost four years after the controversial regime came to power, according to a statement issued by Afghanistan’s ...

A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

From China to Iran, several countries have already been engaging with the Taliban. Experts say they could be next.

In the 1,095 days since the U.S. withdrew and the Taliban rapidly took power, Heather Barr, interim co-director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, said women, girls and their ...

For months, the Taliban leadership in Kabul had assured the world that Afghan secondary schools for girls—which the Taliban had shuttered throughout much of the country—would be reopened. On the day ...