Both sides have claimed to inflict heavy losses in what has become their deadliest fighting in years, a confrontation Pakistan has described as an “open war” with Afghanistan.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in a phone call that disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be resolved through

Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, accusing the Taliban of using terrorist tactics against Americans.

The State Department on Monday designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations separately called out the country for engaging in what he said was “hostage diplomacy.

An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.