A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

Afghanistan's Hossain Rasouli and Zakia Khudadadi carried their country's flag in the Closing Ceremonies of the Tokyo Paralympics. (Issei Kato/Reuters) ...

The flag of Afghanistan is carried out at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 24, 2021. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images ...

A man talks by a phone while standing on a balcony of the Afghan Embassy in Moscow, July 4, 2025, where the flag of the ...

Following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, athletes couldn't make the Paralympic Games. But Afghanistan's flag flew during the opening ceremony.

The flag of Afghanistan will be used as a symbol of “solidarity and peace” as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kicks off on Tuesday night in Japan. The 16th Summer Paralympics – delayed by a ...

MORE: Afghanistan updates: Protesters fly Afghan national flag in defiance of Taliban “When I sent my husband to war, he was not my own. He was our country's,” Jane Horton said.

On August 15, Khalida Popal watched from Denmark as her country fell into the grip of the Taliban. Following nearly two decades of conflict, the insurgent militant group reclaimed Afghanistan’s ...

March 27, 2009: Obama announces new strategy for Afghanistan, connecting the return of the group in parts of the country to the Pakistani Taliban. He calls for greater cooperation from Pakistan ...

Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. Will China follow? - Experts monitoring the Taliban’s ...