The Pakistani dictatorship has moved to completely censor Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban after stopping the Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan from giving press conferences.

The United States has attacked a hospital in the Afghan city of Kandahar, reportedly killing 15 staff and patients and severely injuring 25 others

British journalist Yvonne Ridley tonight spoke of her delight at being freed by her Taliban captors - and her desperation to get home to see her daughter Daisy.

Yvonne Ridley has reportedly arrived in Pakistan after being released by her Taliban captors.

The family of British journalist Yvonne Ridley was today awaiting official confirmation that their daughter had been released by the Taliban after reports suggested she had been freed by her captors.

The Taliban is claiming to have shot down a US aircraft.

The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has accused Tony Blair of encouraging the US to go to war.

Celebrations for the birthday today of Daisy Ridley - whose journalist mother Yvonne is being held in Afghanistan - have been postponed until she safely returns home, the family said.

Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, said in reaction to the news of the terror attacks that "we want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts find justice."