The Trump administration says Afghanistan's conditions have improved in recent years to the point where sending Afghan nationals back does not pose a threat to their safety. That's how members of the ...

The Taliban’s newly issued 90-page penal code has sparked serious concern among human rights organisations. Signed by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the law permits limited physical punishment ...

Nearly five years after reclaiming power, the Taliban has introduced a sweeping 90-page penal code that is drawing intense criticism from rights advocates worldwide. Signed by the group’s supreme ...

Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway ...

The Taliban has passed a law that allows men to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

As the American war in Afghanistan ended four years ago, thousands of Afghans who had worked with the United States, and believed in the American-led war against the Taliban, were left behind. Many of ...

Afghanistan under Taliban rule is a world few outsiders truly understand. Travel guides rarely reveal the risks, restrictions ...

As 'Taliban 2.0' joins competing peace talks with various stakeholders, archival photos paint a stark image of life in Afghanistan under the radical Islamic group's 1996-2001 rule. 1 A member of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan struggled for 13 years to obtain a visa to enter the U.S. The ...