Afghanistan under Taliban rule is a world few outsiders truly understand. Travel guides rarely reveal the risks, restrictions ...

Four years after the Taliban's return to power, security is no longer the defining issue in Afghanistan. Instead, one of the ...

The Taliban's chief spokesman agreed to an unscripted, sit-down interview with me, there was just one non-negotiable ...

TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi bows her head while wearing a face covering as she reads the news on TOLO NEWS, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 22, 2022, after Taliban rulers required all female TV news anchors ...

Ireland is one of only two countries providing formalised routes to safety for people who face persecution in Afghanistan ...

PEACE, AT A PRICE Two years after Taliban militias swept across the country to seize power again, there are strong echoes of life as it was before U.S.-led NATO forces toppled them from government in ...

The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeover ...

Ali Ahmad Alizai has no choice but to obey when the Taliban come knocking on his door demanding food, shelter or a slice of his hard-earned harvest to fund their insurgency. "The Taliban run a ...

The Trump administration says Afghanistan's conditions have improved in recent years to the point where sending Afghan nationals back does not pose a threat to their safety. That's how members of the ...

As 'Taliban 2.0' joins competing peace talks with various stakeholders, archival photos paint a stark image of life in Afghanistan under the radical Islamic group's 1996-2001 rule. 1 A member of the ...

Ultimately, the Taliban's greatest challenge is not opposition but governance itself. Power has been secured; legitimacy not.