Sirajuddin Haqqani, who heads the powerful Haqqani network, has quit as the interior minister of Afghan Taliban-led ...

Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an ...

Premier blames release of Taliban fighters for surge in terrorism, slams propaganda against armed forces, meets with CM Bugti ...

Last August, the Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces outside the home.

The Taliban have issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights ...

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have barred education for women and girls beyond sixth grade, ...

The Taliban's statement comes as the United Nations ... girls from public life cannot be ignored,'' said Roza Otunbayeva, head of the UN mission in Afghanistan. Alison Davidian, special ...

Ten Democrats joined Republicans to surpass the 60-vote threshold, with the measure advancing by a 62-38 vote.

Also on Saturday, the UN renewed its call for the Taliban to lift the bans. “The erasure of women and girls from public life cannot be ignored,” said Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the UN missio ...

Also Saturday (March 8, 2025), the U.N. renewed its call for the Taliban to lift the bans. “The erasure of women and girls from public life cannot be ignored,” said Roza Otunbayeva, the head ...

Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a surge in attacks ...