Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Afghanistan for the first time in three years to attend trilateral talks with Pakistan and the Taliban, focusing on counterterrorism and extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Kabul.

Will hold discussions on enhancing cooperation between the three countries, especially in trade, regional connectivity and counter-terrorism.

China's foreign minister, who is on a South Asian trip, arrived in Afghanistan on Aug 20. Wang Yi visited India earlier this week and is now in Kabul for three-way talks with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In the four years since the Taliban took control of Kabul, millions of Afghans who initially fled have now been expelled from Iran and Pakistan.

A passenger bus carrying Afghan returnees from Iran struck a motorcycle and a fuel truck, triggering a huge fire.

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash on the Herat-Kabul highway involved a motorcycle,

Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan are meeting in Kabul for a trilateral summit. The meeting, set for Wednesday, aims to boost political, regional, and economic cooperation.

In Afghanistan, strict Taliban regulations and deeply-rooted patriarchal traditions make it nearly impossible for women to live independently. Women are legally and socially required to have a male guardian for travel, work, or even accessing many services, and most economic opportunities are closed to them.

China told Afghanistan on Wednesday that Beijing was keen on exploring and mining minerals in Afghanistan and wanted Kabul to formally join its Belt and Road Initiative, the Afghan Taliban foreign ministry said.

U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times humiliating.

Afghanistan's pursuit of water sovereignty through large-scale projects like the Qosh Tepa canal is intensifying regional tensions. These initiatives,