November 98 protests; An international people's court is held to try the officials of the Islamic Republic

Famous French actor and New Wave movie star Jean-Paul Belmondo has died at the age of 88. He starred in such works as Breathless, The Man from Rio, Fear Over the City, and The Paris Thief

Famous French actor and New Wave movie star Jean-Paul Belmondo has died at the age of 88. He starred in such works as Breathless, The Man from Rio, Fear Over the City, and The Paris Thief

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman did not respond to a media question about the country's representative attending the announcement of the Taliban government. Asked about the Taliban's invitation to his country to attend the inauguration of the new government, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, "There is no information to provide at this time."

In a message on the occasion of the assassination of the spokesman of the Popular Resistance Front, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that Fahim Dashti was a writer and journalist who was "a staunch critic of my government and a vocalist for freedom of expression. "His absence is a loss." The Resistance Front says Dashti was killed in a Pakistani airstrike.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Germany's Bild newspaper that the group would be "very pleased" that Angela Merkel would visit Afghanistan.