The Australian government’s proposed amendments to its sanctions regulations are an important step toward accountability for Taliban officials and others responsible for serious abuses in Afghanistan, ...

The UN Security Council has lifted sanctions on the notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, previously branded “a global terrorist” and accused of war crimes. The move follows a peace deal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afghan women walk past Taliban flags on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban's takeover, on August 14, 2025 [Wakil ...

The Australian government on Saturday announced that it had imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four senior officials of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government, in an effort to curtail the ...

Taliban efforts to stabilise Afghanistan have been undermined by international sanctions: banks are running out of cash and civil servants are going unpaid ...

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SYDNEY, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Australia on Saturday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four officials in Afghanistan's Taliban government over what it said was a deteriorating human rights ...

Following the 2021 withdrawal of US forces, the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, bringing the country into a new and ...

Despite sanctions against the Taliban regime, trade between European countries and Afghanistan has seen a slight increase this year. The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that “trade ...

Fuel tanker trucks, used to transport fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, are seen parked near oil terminals in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 4, 2012. Pakistan confirmed that it had decided ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia Penny Wong addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J.