Zalmay Khalilzad says development is “shocking and incomprehensible”

Prior to his killing, Mahdi had reportedly hoped to win back Irani influence

The war-torn country has been struggling since Kabul's fall. Now an earthquake has made the situation bleaker.

Taliban leader and son of Mullah Omar was named defence minister in interim cabinet

In a letter Afghan govt also requests consular access for one of its citizens who survived the attack

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