Afghanistan news
Get the latest breaking news from RT in Afghanistan and its capital Kabul. Afghanistan is a country in South and Central Asia, which has significant cultural heritage and mineral deposits, but remains undeveloped due to ongoing military conflicts. Find news and information on history, politics and economy in Afghanistan. Since many parts of Afghanistan are controlled by Taliban movement, the country has been in a critical situation. Taliban captured Afghanistan in 1996 and ruled for five years. The UNSC officially recognized the Taliban as a terrorist organization in 2003. Don’t miss the news and updates on the Taliban, terrorist attacks committed by them, and on their statements. Following 9/11 attacks in 2001 the US invaded Afghanistan blaming Taliban for backing Osama bin Laden, who was apparently hiding in Afghanistan. Read RT to get news and articles on the US invasion in Afghanistan and their joint “Operation Enduring Freedom” with Britain. Don’t forget to check out authors’ opinions on the news and current events taking place in Afghanistan.
- Red gold: Afghanistan’s booming & blooming saffron may become alternative to opium poppy trade
Afghan authorities want to provide farmers with an alternative means of income, other than growing opium, by turning to the world’s most expensive spice.Business News - Iran hopes anti-drug smuggling efforts will convince Europe to save nuclear deal – analyst (VIDEO)
Cash-strapped Iran has pointed to its counter-narcotics efforts in hopes of persuading Europe to save the 2015 nuclear deal, an analyst told RT. If sanctions remain, Tehran says it may have to scale back its anti-drug operations.World News - US must stay in Afghanistan or face new 9/11, top general urges
US forces must remain in the bogged-down Afghanistan campaign, or terrorists might get back on their feet and launch another 9/11-scale attack on American people, General Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.World News - ‘They are hunting for him’: Afghan ‘Little Messi’ forced to flee Taliban onslaught
Murtaza Ahmadi, the Afghan boy who two years ago melted hearts around the world when he was pictured wearing a plastic-bag mock-up shirt of his hero Lionel Messi, has been forced to flee his home amid a Taliban onslaught.Sport News - Military action results in growing terrorism, US should pull out of Afghanistan – US veteran
Unlike 15 years ago, the Taliban is ready to talk with the US, which means peace is possible in Afghanistan, but now it depends on what the US will compromise on, anti-war activist and US military veteran Will Griffin said.USA News - Military defeats push Kabul into talks with Taliban as US seeks way out from Afghan stalemate
Direct talks with the Taliban are crucial for the Kabul government to survive amid crushing defeats by the militants, Afghanistan experts told RT amid expectations that end of the 17-year war is looming.World News
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