A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban said Wednesday that efforts to free a British couple from an Afghan prison are not yet complete and ...

Noor Mohammad Saqib, the Taliban’s Minister for Religious Affairs, referencing what he called a “special decree” from ...

The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and ...

Jul 28, 2025 // Under the Taliban, the hard–won, imperfect foundations of governance built over two decades in Afghanistan have been dismantled. To rebuild governance requires a meaningful conflict ...

The Taliban are remaking Afghanistan in their image. It should have us all worried - COMMENT: As the Taliban turn drug ...

The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) recently estimated that up to three million people could return to Afghanistan ...

Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone, according t ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow r emoved the group ...

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code ...