Kabul
Capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
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Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into 22 municipal districts. In 2025 its population is estimated to be 6.74 million people. In contemporary times, Kabul has served as Afghanistan's political, cultural and economical center. Rapid urbanisation has made it the country's primate city and the 76th-largest city in the world.
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In a first, Indian official holds talks with Taliban defence ministerIndia engaged in its first meeting with Taliban's acting defense minister, Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, in Kabul on Wednesday. The meeting aimed to strengthen bilateral relations, focusing on humanitarian..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee OlympianFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on, displaced by war and relocated to Manchester, he will compete under a new banner in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | |
India, Russia hold talks on Afghanistan ahead of UN meet in DohaIndia and Russia discussed Afghanistan security and humanitarian assistance. Russian special envoy Zamir Kabulov and MEA joint secretary J P Singh met to address the current situation in Kabul. MEA..IndiaTimes - Published | |
India attends Taliban meet in KabulThe head of the Indian "technical mission" in Kabul participated in the meeting that saw the presence of Chinese, Russian and Iranian envoys too. Russia and China in fact worked actively with the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Embassy shut, Taliban push for own diplomat in IndiaWith the Afghanistan embassy in Delhi effectively shut, the Taliban are pushing India for the appointment of their own diplomat here to handle relations with India. India hasn’t officially recognised..IndiaTimes - Published | |
The footballers fighting for freedom in AfghanistanThe Afghanistan women's team play their first match since being airlifted to Australia in 2021 after Kabul fell to the Taliban.BBC Sport - Published | |
Afghan refugees told they will have to find their own accommodation Afghan evacuees who were brought to the UK after the fall of Kabul have been told not everyone will be found somewhere to live by the government.Sky News - Published | |
Afghan refugees to get at least three months' notice to move out of hotel accommodation from end of AprilAfghan refugees who were housed in hotels after fleeing the Taliban takeover of Kabul will be given at least three months' notice to leave their accommodation from the end of April.Sky News - Published | |
UN calls on Taliban to explain after 'Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul The United Nations has called on the Taliban to explain why an Afghan girls' education activist was reportedly arrested in Kabul.Sky News - Published | |
Taliban government reaches out to India, embassy to train Afghan diplomats in KabulIndia plans to hold a four-day training programme for Afghan foreign ministry officials in Kabul beginning Tuesday. The news regarding the training was issued by the Taliban government's ministry of..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Afghan territory must not be used for terrorist activities: India and 5 central Asian countriesIndia and five central Asian countries on Tuesday asserted that Afghanistan's soil must not be used for any terrorist activities and pressed for formation of a "truly inclusive" political structure in..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Suicide bomb attack kills 20 outside Afghan foreign ministry in KabulA suicide bomb attack outside the foreign ministry in Afghanistan's capital Kabul has killed at least 20 people and injured many others, the Taliban have said.Sky News - Published | |
Taliban says 8 IS-K members involved in attacks on Kabul hotel & Pak embassy killed during raidsIndiaTimes - Published | 'There's really no future left' - Afghanistan's LGBT+ communityAfter the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, the UK government made a promise to take in those who had helped UK forces during the war, and those most vulnerable to persecution.Sky News - Published |
Suicide bomb blast kills at least 19 as students sit exam At least 19 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul, police say.Sky News - Published | 'Skinny jeans, T-shirts, and high heels': Inside Afghan beauty salon as country lives under strict Taliban rule We drove along Butchers Street in Kabul, the stripped carcasses of lamb and goat hanging on meat hooks swaying in the wind, gaggles of men argued over prices and butchers boys heaved the meat onto..Sky News - Published |
'Get me out from this hell': Father who served with British Army has spent a year hiding from Taliban For two decades, the side road to the Abbey Gate entrance to Kabul's international airport was restricted.Sky News - Published | Kabul evacuation was 'tragic yet avoidable', hard-hitting new report concludes A damning new report says the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan was carried out with no planning, was mired in "chaos and confusion", and ended in "tragic yet avoidable outcomes".Sky News - Published |
30 more Afghan Sikhs set to arrive in India todayAt least 30 Afghan Sikhs including children and infants, fleeing from the Taliban are scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Wednesday as religious persecution escalates in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. A..IndiaTimes - Published | 'Frankly, we don't need it': US has no DNA on al Qaeda leader - confirmed death by other sources The US has no DNA confirmation of the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul - but has verified his identity through "multiple" other sources, the White House has said.Sky News - Published |
'They want to cheat women': Afghans feel betrayed as Taliban continues to ban girls attending secondary school At the end of three days of talks and speeches from Taliban leaders and Islamic Scholars at the Grand Council meeting in Kabul there was a sense of deflation and betrayal.Sky News - Published | India re-establishes diplomatic presence in KabulIndia on Thursday resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a team in its embassy in the Afghan capital, over 10 months after it pulled out its officials from the mission following the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Fighting hate can’t be selective exercise: India at UN after Kabul gurdwara attackIndiaTimes - Published | Desperate to come to India, over 150 Sikhs in Kabul gurudwara counting days since Taliban takeoverIndiaTimes - Published |
Afghan Sikh, security guard & Taliban soldier killed in terror attack on Kabul gurdwaraAt least 30 members of the minority Sikh community were at the Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul’s Bagh-e-Bala area when an explosives-laden vehicle blew up near the Sikh temple at about 6.30 am...IndiaTimes - Published | Shocked by cowardly terrorist attack on gurudwara in Kabul: PM ModiIndiaTimes - Published |
There cannot be 'Double Standards' on religiophobia: India at United NationsThe statement came only hours before two people, including a Sikh, were killed in a bomb blast at the Gurdwara in Kabul.DNA - Published | India expresses 'deep concern' over attack on Gurudwara in Kabul, says monitoring situationIndiaTimes - Published |
'Closely monitoring situation': India expresses concern over blasts at Gurudwara in KabulEAM spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in statement we are deeply concerned at reports emanating from Kabul about an attack on sacred Gurudwara in city.DNA - Published | Gurdwara under attack in Kabul, casualties fearedIndiaTimes - Published |
MEA team in Afghanistan oversees aid delivery, engages Taliban; Kabul seeks resumption of Indian projectsIndiaTimes - Published | Indian officials meet Taliban in Kabul in first visit since US exitA team of Indian officials met the acting Taliban foreign minister of Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and humanitarian aid, the Taliban said, in what was the first such visit to Kabul..IndiaTimes - Published |
Indian delegation in Kabul to hold discussions with Taliban, oversee humanitarian aidIndia is in the process of shipping more medical assistance and foodgrains to Afghanistan. In response to the humanitarian needs, India had decided to extend humanitarian assistance to the people of..IndiaTimes - Published | Huge blast at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 on last Friday of Ramadan A huge blast has hit a mosque in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul - killing at least 10 and wounding dozens more, officials have said.Sky News - Published |
Pupils among six killed and 11 injured in blasts near Kabul schools, police say At least six people have been killed, including pupils, and 11 others injured in explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul, Afghan police have said.Sky News - Published | Taliban announces deadline for Kabul airport contractIndiaTimes - Published |
Chinese foreign minister arrives in India on unannounced visitChinese foreign minister Wang Yi arrived in India Thursday evening in the highest-level visit between the two countries after the ties came under severe strain following the eastern Ladakh standoff..IndiaTimes - Published | Reopen embassy, will give security: Taliban tell IndiaWith international recognition on mind, and following efforts by the government to strike the right chord with post-US withdrawal Afghanistan. The Taliban's UN ambassador-designate Suhail Shaheen told..IndiaTimes - Published |
Two journalists and number of Afghan nationals arrested in Kabul, UN saysTwo journalists have been detained in Kabul, the United Nations has said.Sky News - Published | |
