IN 2024, the ruling Taliban pledged to use flogging as well as stoning to punish people for not following certain of their ...

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The Taliban regime has rejected Pakistan’s repeated claims that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) founder Masood Azhar is hiding in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The four young Thomas Shelbys walking around Herat. Screenshot from YouTube/Herat-Mic The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a ...

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

As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power, some Kabul residents say they feel safer after decades of conflict and upheaval but stress the leaders should now focus on ...

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 ...

The Taliban government is counting on Afghanistan’s bountiful gemstone and mineral resources after the loss of billions of dollars in international aid. By David Zucchino Photographs by Elise ...

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