Accurate scrutiny should begin with precision about what the law actually says, how it functions legally, and where ...

Three years after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, some five million people have left the country, including many of the country’s scientists. Nature spoke to a handful of these refugee ...

Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the social ...

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N. report published Monday. In one ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that American national George Glezmann was on his way back to the U.S. after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Glezmann, an Atlanta ...

KABUL - During the Taliban’s first stint in power in the 1990s, its disdain for many sports meant that Kabul’s main stadium drew some of its biggest crowds on the days it was used for public ...

The Taliban’s new criminal code enforces total obedience to its supreme leader, criminalises dissent, restricts women’s movement, and permits violence by husbands and citizens.

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the Taliban for intensifying restrictions on women and girls, detaining journalists, and silencing all dissent in its four years of rule in ...

Frustration and outrage are mounting among a bevy of prominent veterans over a report detailing how US currency is flowing into Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and propping up the regime that American ...

Taliban violence against protesters is increasing, the UN human rights organisation says The agency called on the Islamist group to stop using force, and allow peaceful demonstrations A second ...

Olivia Gazis covers intelligence and international security matters for CBS News. Twice Emmy-nominated, she has traveled worldwide with the secretary of state and contributes reporting on intelligence ...

Iran has "strongly condemned" the Taliban's military offensive against resistance fighters in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley. Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters the news from ...