British Army General Sir Nick Carter arrives for a meeting to address the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, at Downing Street in London, Britain March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls By Reuters The world should give the Taliban the space to form a new government in Afghanistan and may discover that the insurgents cast as

By Anadolu Agency The Taliban have declared the “20 years of bloody war” and “occupation by foreign forces” are over as the group gears up to establish what it calls “the Islamic government” in Afghanistan. In his maiden news conference in the Afghan capital Kabul, the group’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed said the safety and security

Taliban fighters stand guard in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital’s airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) The

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrives to attend the G20 meeting of foreign and development ministers in Matera, Italy, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi By Reuters Turkey is in talks with all parties in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, and views positively the messages of the Islamist militants since they took control of the country, Foreign

File – In this July 28, 2021, file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China. China has expressed a willingness to hold talks with the U.S. to promote a “soft landing” in

The disclosure means many thousands of people – those who had contact with symptomless people between five and three days before a positive test – were potentially asked to isolate unnecessarily. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA The Guardian By Rowena Mason and Mark Sweney Whitehall whistleblower says Matt Hancock was told of mistake where people were classed

A man walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Asian stock markets declined Tuesday amid concern about turmoil in Afghanistan and unease about China’s economic outlook after weak July activity. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) By The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Global

President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside 10 Downing Street in this picture taken on January 21, 2020. By Business Daily Africa The Labour ministry has invited applications from jobless Kenyan nurses looking for a chance to work in the UK. Kenya and the UK on July 29 signed the

Opposition UPND party’s presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema casts his ballot in Lusaka, Zambia, August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jean Ndaisenga/File Photo By Reuters Zambian President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat on Monday, after a landslide election win by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, who will face the challenge of reviving an economy in turmoil. With all but one constituency

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi) By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital’s airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate