A senior Iranian official has emphasized on the need to prevent the US from re-entering Afghanistan, urging the neighboring countries to enhance cooperation to help the country resolve its issues without relying on outside powers.

Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian disaster.

This week marks the second anniversary of the Taliban’s closure of secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan.

China has maintained a close relationship with the Taliban for years, and following the fall of Ashraf Ghani’s government and the ouster of the US, Beijing has been looking for greater role in the country.

The Taliban have detained 18 staffers, including an American woman, from an Afghanistan-based NGO.

Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensify.

Iran’s Foreign Minister underscores the need to support regional initiatives designed to settle challenges in Afghanistan.

Islamabad said “unprovoked and indiscriminate firing” by Afghan Taliban forces led to the closure of a crucial trade route.

“Go massive — sweep it all up, things related and not,” then-US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said after 9/11 attacks, as the US bombers, gunships and drones wreaked havoc in Afghanistan.

Countries as far away as France and Australia have reported seizing methamphetamine that likely originated in Afghanistan.