The Taliban is failing to contain and is, in fact, aiding the spread of radicalism in Central Asia.

The Taliban’s new criminal code in Afghanistan has legalised slavery and granted mullahs legal immunity. Here is more about the ‘Criminal Procedure Code for Courts’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has called for greater counterterrorism cooperation with Afghanistan, including joint patrols along the narrow strip of land ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban are sending Afghan workers to fill jobs in the Gulf nation of Qatar to ease unemployment in Afghanistan, and say talks are underway to send labor to Saudi Arabia, the United ...

Last week, as the Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid triumphantly declared 2025 “a year of diplomatic success,” the claim was received with predictable laud from the movement’s echo chambers. But ...

The Taliban’s Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhunzada has told officials to stop using the words “acting,” “interim,” or “caretaker” in their titles. This might seem like a slight language change, but it ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

The Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani military skirmished along their joint border overnight after the Taliban launched a “retaliatory operation” for the Pakistani Air Force targeting the head of the ...

Hurriyat Radio English, a Taliban media outlet, published this image rejecting a US return to Afghanistan. The Taliban immediately spurned US efforts to return to Bagram Air Base after President ...

Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone services on Tuesday, after the ruling Taliban cut the country's fibre-optic network. Officials began disconnecting internet to some ...

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