Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don’t break bones or leave visible, lasting ...

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the operation, stating that the drone strike caused both material damage and ...

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan, two countries sharing some 2,600 kilometres of mountainous frontier, are facing a major escalation ...

Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of becoming ‘a colony of India’ but India’s relations with Kabul predate the Taliban.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Four years into its second stretch in power, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has been recognized by only one country: Russia. But anti-immigrant sentiment, concerns about ...

The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn't cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights ...

The divisive new penal code introduced by the Taliban, which has reintroduced the legal recognition of slavery in Afghanistan and further limits the power and ...

The American children of a British couple held captive by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime appealed Wednesday to President Trump in a video, asking for his help in securing their release. Britons ...

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 ...

In stop-start efforts since November, Taliban officials have cracked down on women and girls in the western city of Herat who have been ignoring the hardline group's rules by showing their faces.

GOP accuse Obama of "negotiating with terrorists," WH says Bergdahl was POW. June 4, 2014 — -- With the recent release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity after nearly five years--in ...