
A house hit in June by Pakistani airstrikes in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, as seen in August.

Telecommunications antennas in Kabul, Afghanistan, where transmissions of BBC broadcasts from FM radio stations were suspended.

Celebrations in the streets of Kabul during the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power on Aug. 15.

The British Consulate in East Jerusalem on Thursday. The building will now be known as the U.K. Mission, Jerusalem.

Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, on Downing Street last year.

A graduation ceremony at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul in 2019.

The village of Mughayir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made his fourth address as a wartime leader to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.



Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain, right, meeting last week with President Emmanuel Macron of France. They have united to pile pressure on Israel.

Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the village of Turmus Aya, with Israeli settlements in the background, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in 2025.

Israeli policemen in the West Bank, in August. The Israeli government has shrugged off international condemnation and continued to promote building settlements in the occupied territory.


Mourners with the body of Kareem Shlaldeh at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Friday.

Afghans celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan, early on Saturday.

Pakistani police officials investigating the scene of a suicide bombing in the Swat Valley on Sunday.

Mullah Abdul Rahim Gulab in Marja, Afghanistan, in 2021.

A damaged bridge and building in the eastern province of Nuristan in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Heavy monsoon rains sent torrents of water down surrounding mountains.

King Charles III welcoming Mr. Burnham at Buckingham Palace.

Onlookers at the site of a Pakistani airstrike in Paktia Province, Afghanistan on Monday.

Afghan forces at the border crossing to Pakistan in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, in December. No E.U. member state recognizes the Taliban administration as Afghanistan’s legitimate authority.


A Taliban security officer using a mobile phone in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last year. Civil servants and members of the country’s armed forces have been told not to bring smartphones to work.

In Herat, Afghanistan, on Monday.

Prayers offered for the victims of Wednesday’s airstrike in Afghanistan’s Khost Province.

An Afghan Border Protection Forces officer, left, and Pakistani Army soldiers, right, at the border crossing between the two countries, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, in December.

A pharmacy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. The Taliban government has imposed some of the world’s toughest restrictions on women and girls.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking in London on Friday, the day after elections in England, Wales and Scotland.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking in London on Friday, the day after elections in England, Wales and Scotland.

The damaged Faculty of Education building at a university in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on Monday.