Through war and peace, the Taliban’s Rahbari Shura has been at the heart of its decision-making process since the movement’s inception, and is now tasked with finding a new leader to succeed Mullah ...

Afghan women have resorted to online protests as their only available recourse, even though the risks of being caught are ...

Pakistan, Oct. 11 -- The European Union faces criticism over its talks with Afghanistan's Taliban administration. Concerns ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has successfully expanded its ties in security, trade, energy, and transport with various countries, five years after returning to power in Afghanistan almost as ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities detained 52 women and one girl between July and September for alleged dress code violations ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons KABUL, Apr 25 2025 (IPS) - “Even if our ...

France has confirmed that it has opened a “technical dialogue” with the Taliban authorities regarding forced returns to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following ...

Afghanistan’s security landscape continues to defy the image of complete stability projected by the Taliban regime. Recent attacks claimed by the Afghanistan United Front (AUF), Afghanistan Freedom ...

NEW YORK, Apr 07 (IPS) - The Taliban’s egregious violations of women's rights in Afghanistan, especially banning women from education and even from speaking in public, are beyond the pale. Imposing ...

Afghanistan's schools are now in recess for winter. But when they reopen in spring, girls and women will have the chance to return to classes for the first time in five years. As RFE/RL correspondent ...

Pakistani forces and the Taliban exchanged heavy fire along the border as Russia, the European, and China pressed for ...