The UN said restrictions imposed by the Taliban government were imposing ’immediate operational challenges’ and ’risks’ for women and girls.

Afghanistan faces near-total digital blackout after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada's directive dismantled the country's fibre-optic network infrastructure.

The Taliban’s hard-line government in Afghanistan is making major inroads in garnering legitimacy abroad. Despite its extremist policies, the international community has accepted that the Islamist group is here to stay,

Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition sent a powerful message.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks.

Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan reached a fever pitch, with Pakistan carrying out airstrikes in Kabul.

Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At issue is a rise in militancy in Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

The Taliban has released a ‘Greater Afghanistan’ map showing several Pakistani regions within Afghan borders, escalating long-standing border tensions and triggering outrage in Islamabad.

India and Afghanistan are set to strengthen diplomatic engagement, with the Taliban regime appointing its first diplomat to New Delhi since 2021, a move that follows Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s landmark visit to India last month.

This map depicts several Pakistani provinces, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Balochistan, as part of Afghanistan. However, Gilgit-Baltistan is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), which is illegally occupied by Pakistan. The emergence of this map signals the beginning of a different kind of war.

The Taliban should end the arbitrary detention, torture, and other ill-treatment of journalists, discriminatory restrictions on women journalists, and censorship. Countries with Afghan journalists in exile should end their forced return to Afghanistan.

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds more as homes crumbled across Samangan province. The quake