10 story has been refiled to clarify that the activists are distinct from the issue of including Afghanistan in COP29, in paragraph 14) Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations ...

An Afghanistan veteran's combat meeting with Taliban fighters is now his blueprint for bridging political divides at home.

An image of someone hanging from a helicopter next to President Joe Biden’s last name appeared as the banner photo on Donald Trump Jr.’s X account and is the banner photo on his Truth Social account.

Now, the Taliban are continuing their assault on education for both boys and girls by changing the curriculum in grades 1-12. They have already revised textbooks up to eighth grade, and they’re ...

It was survival. Every golden jar sold meant food for her seven children. Then the Taliban came. She was in her shop this summer when a group of fighters-turned-officials, with American rifles ...

18, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon, File) FILE - A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Chinese humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 30, ...

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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

The head of Afghanistan's environmental protection agency told The Associated Press that, "all the countries must join hands ...

Gone are the days when India strongly opposed the US policy of drawing a line between the 'good Talibans' and the 'bad Talibans' and engaging with the 'good ones'.

The Taliban has congratulated Donald Trump on winning the presidential race, saying they hoped it marked a “new chapter” in relations with the United States. The Afghan government, which has ...