A major issue in the lawsuit from the estate of an Afghan man, who was killed by the Taliban after he was seen in Matthew Heineman's doc 'Retrograde,’ involves whether the subject's face should've ...

Iran’s Uneasy Dance with the Taliban Tehran’s relationship with the Taliban has seen many ups and downs—from nearly going to war in 1998 to later inviting them to Tehran while they were still fighting ...

Iran is currently undergoing a period of strategic reorientation. It faces energy and economic crises and its regional ascent has been reversed by events in Syria and Israel’s weakening of Hezbollah.

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking into ...

On Jan. 26, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi became the country’s first top diplomat to visit Kabul in nine years. While there, Araghchi discussed a range of issues with his Afghan counterparts ...

FILE -A Taliban fighter stands on a hill overlooking a camp housing Afghan refugees who have been repatriated from Pakistan, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in Torkham, Afghanistan, May 31, 2025 ...

A high-ranking Iranian economic delegation, including lawmakers and private investors, led by Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Seyed Mohammad Atabak, visited Afghanistan for three days from ...

The producers and distributors of Retrograde, a documentary following the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, are claiming First Amendment protections in a bid to dismiss a ...

For the short term, Tehran will prefer quiet security and intelligence cooperation with the Taliban rather than overt recognition. Russia’s formal recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history, a U.N. report said Thursday. Pakistan and Iran ...