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

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

The World Happiness Report is released every year and is widely regarded as the benchmark for how people feel about life in ...

Taliban police used live fire to disperse a rare protest against the detention of women accused of violating strict Islamic ...

A former Taliban commander has been sentenced in New York to 42 years in prison for crimes including the 2008 kidnapping of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

Hostage taking is a cowardly and cruel crime,” said David Rohde, as he stared down ex-Taliban commander Haji Najibullah in ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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