
The US Pentagon is considering asking authorization for airstrikes to support Afghan security forces if Taliban militants threaten to seize Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul or another major city in the country, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing senior officials. According to the report, the military authorities are ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted Tehran’s support for regional peace and stability. In a post on his Twitter account on Tuesday night, Foreign Minister Zarif hailed the “fruitful talks” he held earlier in the day with the UN Secretary General’s special representatives for Afghanistan and Yemen, Jean Arnault ...