Taliban militants in Pakistan declared an end to a month-long ceasefire arranged with the aid of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), accusing the government of breaching terms including a prisoner release agreement and the formation of negotiating committees. The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are a separate movement from the IEA and have fought for years to overthrow […]

Germany has pledged to admit 25,000 Afghans deemed most at risk following the Islamic Emirate if Afghanistan (IEA) takeover in Kabul from about 40,000 such people that European Union states are to accept, according to a letter by a senior EU official. Germany had a record number of almost 900,000 people seeking refuge on its soil in 2015, most of […]