Taliban fighters patrol in armored vehicles once supplied to Afghan forces, wearing American tactical gear and carrying ...

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The Taliban government on Wednesday defended a complete ban on public protests in Afghanistan, asserting that demonstrations have no place under the Taliban's interpretation of Islamic law and that ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — For most of the three years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, their erasure of women’s rights appeared to be setting them on course for near-total isolation in ...

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Elise Blanchard, award-winning photojournalist and author of “Dans la Maison d’un Taliban” ...

The Taliban hopes greater diplomatic engagement will lead to sanctions being lifted and Afghan reserves held overseas being ...

The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after it told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, ...

The Taliban leader warned God would severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country, according to a statement released Friday marking the fourth anniversary of the militant ...

Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name of a self-centred version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify ...

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the former US embassy, with flowers thrown down from military helicopters. Critics of the Taliban, however, fear worsening human rights abuses.

Afghanistan’s Taliban administration is putting all of its efforts in reaching out to as many nations as possible, even for ...

Afghanistan is opening the door to US investment in its lucrative mining sector. But when it comes to Bagram, the Taliban is ...