Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education....

Pakistan security forces killed the former group commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat in an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,...

The Taliban raided the offices of a longstanding Swiss nonprofit group based in Afghanistan, detaining 18 workers – including one American and several women –...

The Taliban said Zhao Xing's appointment is a sign for other nations to establish ties with its government. No country has formally recognised the Taliban...

Over a thousand Afghan civilians were killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according to...

For more than 15 years, Qari Baryal has been on a special list of Washington’s “most-wanted” Taliban and al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan, accused of carrying...

The link between Afghanistan’s Taliban regime and al-Qaeda remains “strong and symbiotic” and the setup in Kabul has not delivered on counter-terrorism provisions under the...

On May 27, clashes broke out between Taliban and Iranian forces on their joint border along Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, escalating a dispute between Iran and...

A group of Republican senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would punish the Taliban for their violations of human rights, and their connection to...

The Taliban said Tuesday their security forces had killed at least eight fighters from an armed opposition group in northern Afghanistan. The fighting, about 120...