Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s gross domestic product could see a contraction of up to 30% following the Taliban takeover, the IMF said in its latest regional economic report.

The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan is stepping down following the chaotic American withdrawal from the country

The State Department’s inspector general informed Congress on Monday that the office is opening a series of probes into the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. Diana Shaw, the department’s acting inspector general, notified the heads of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as the House...

The Islamic State group says its members are responsible for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan

A senior U.N. official says the Taliban told him they will announce “very soon” that all Afghan girls will be allowed to attend secondary schools.

The U.S. Defense Department says it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August

A former Marine battalion commander who was relieved of his duties after making comments criticizing the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has pleaded guilty in a special court-martial

The Littoral Combat Ship has experienced ups and downs over a two-decade development. Now, the Navy has to find a way to use these multimillion dollar warships.

Talkative, yellow-beaked “Juji” had a brief star turn on social media, its story of survival amid the frenzied evacuations from Taliban-run Afghanistan striking a nerve with a global audience.

Army Capt. Kim Pierre-Zamora remembers the protective vest she was issued when she went to basic training.

The Taliban have ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan

Officials say senior Taliban members and U.S. representatives are to hold talks about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country

Imagine fleeing your home with nothing but your family and a suitcase for a strange country where you don’t know the language or the culture. This is the reality for the Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the final days of U.S. occupation.

NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker explains what happens next.

A blast in a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers has killed at least 25 and wounded dozens in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz

Frank Figliuzzi calls for greater coordination to combat the growing number of mysterious soundwave attacks against Americans dubbed “Havana Syndrome.”

A former interpreter for the U.S. in Afghanistan was reunited with her son Tuesday, eight years after she came to the United States.

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and withdrawal of Western troops was closely watched by Islamist insurgent groups on the continent. 

The Taliban say at least five civilians have been killed by a bomb blast at the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul

Mayor of Kabul, Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy, discusses the state of Afghanistan nearly one month after the U.S. withdrew from the country.

Senior Pentagon officials say the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces in August could be traced to a 2020 U.S. agreement with the Taliban that promised a complete U.S. troop withdrawal