The Taliban have removed 1,136 government officials and appointed 1,555 loyalists as part of a major overhaul to tighten ideological control over Afghanistan’s state system.
Several people were killed and injured after an explosion hit Kabul’s Shahr-i-Naw area, Taliban officials say. The blast targeted a hotel in a busy district.
European leaders condemn Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs over Greenland as protests erupt and the EU calls an emergency meeting over the escalating dispute.
