Afghanistan occupies a central position in Tehran’s changing playbook, as the country is both a risk and a buffer for Iran.

As deadly border clashes erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan in early October 2025, an image of a missile circulated online with users falsely claiming that it depicted a successful test launch by Kabul.

Afghanistan cruised to a series victory over Zimbabwe, with Ibrahim Zadran backing up a disciplined bowling performance by scoring his second fifty in as many T20Is. Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Abdollah Ahmadzai and Rashid Khan had earlier limited the hosts to 125 all out in Harare, setting up a straight-forward chase.

Beijing appears to have realized that sustainable peace in Afghanistan will require more effort than it can spare.

Pakistan on Saturday partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home, officials said. Pakistan closed all border crossings with Afghanistan on Oct.

Some four years after players from the Afghanistan women’s national team fled their homeland amid the Taliban’s takeover, a number of the teammates are representing their country once more in an international soccer tournament.

A new water war is brewing, and India may find itself involved. New Delhi has extended its support to Afghanistan, which has announced that it plans to build a dam on the Pakistan-bound Kunar River. What would this move mean for Islamabad?

Pakistan has reiterated its repeated concerns regarding ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan. Pakistan's Counsellor Muhammad Jawad Ajmal, speaking at Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Afghanistan, emphasized upon importance of protecting all human rights.