Pakistan says it killed 26 militants in "precise and calibrated" strikes, but Afghanistan's Taliban rulers claim 11 children ...

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

The arrests come amid a growing struggle for women in Afghanistan who've been practically barred from society under Taliban ...

EU countries received about a million asylum applications filed by Afghans between 2013-2024, according to the bloc's data ...

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026.

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

No immediate comment from Pakistan as Taliban says 11 children are among the dead in strikes on border provinces.

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.

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

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan cracked down on a protest over women's dress code violations on Tuesday, with multiple witnesses reporting shots being fired.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist held hostage by the Taliban for months in Afghanistan shot a death glare at his captor in ...

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