Afghanistan's Taliban rulers deny shooting at protesters and claim no women or girls have been arrested because they're all ...

A crackdown by Afghan authorities on demonstrators in western Afghanistan has left at least three people injured, ...

A Taliban commander who led and directly participated in the hostage-taking of journalist David Rohde was sentenced Tuesday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a ...

Several people were injured in the city of Herat after Taliban security personnel reportedly opened fire to disperse a small ...

Haji “Najib” Najibullah in April 2025 pleaded guilty to orchestrating the kidnapping of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ...

The demonstration, in the western city of Herat, was broken up after police are alleged to have opened fire.

Under the Islamic fundamentalist group’s rule, the economy has floundered, malnutrition has soared, and more than half a ...

Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban have signed a military and technical cooperation deal, Russian media reported, but neither side released details, raising questions about whether it marks a ...

Moscow’s deepening relations with the Taliban hint at growing doubts about Pakistan as a counterterrorism partner.

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

Months after Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan, neither side appears ready to back down, despite China’s efforts to ...