Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition sent a powerful message.

Afghanistan faces near-total digital blackout after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada's directive dismantled the country's fibre-optic network infrastructure.

India is ramping up aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and branding itself as the region's "first responder" after Monday's deadly earthquake, seeking to counter China's efforts to fill the void left by the West,

The Taliban’s hard-line government in Afghanistan is making major inroads in garnering legitimacy abroad. Despite its extremist policies, the international community has accepted that the Islamist group is here to stay,

After peace talks in Istanbul collapsed without agreement, Pakistan’s defence minister warned that the country could «obliterate» the Taliban if violence continued.

Taliban propaganda”, Afghan News Agency journalist Mahdi Ansary was forced to make a confession that was broadcast on Facebook. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this appalling intimidation tactic,

Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan reached a fever pitch, with Pakistan carrying out airstrikes in Kabul.

Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat stated that 2,963 Afghan families, comprising 16,243 individuals, returned home from Iran and Pakistan in a single day.

Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At issue is a rise in militancy in Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

Qudrat Wasefi fled Kabul after the fundamentalist regime, with its violently enforced prohibition of music, returned to power in 2021. He’s part of a generation of refugees the world has largely forgo

India and Afghanistan are set to strengthen diplomatic engagement, with the Taliban regime appointing its first diplomat to New Delhi since 2021, a move that follows Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s landmark visit to India last month.

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit an impasse in Istanbul after three days of negotiations, according to state media in both countries.