Ahmadi said in a telephone interview. Her mother had worked in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, for Children in Crisis, a U.S.-funded NGO. Their six-member family arrived in Islamabad in November ...

Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan build a more inclusive political system and protect human rights.

TOKYO — Japanese officials said senior Taliban representatives were in the capital for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ... their future nation building and to widely ...