Senior Afghan Taliban officials in Japan for talks with Japanese officials
Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...
Afghanistan’s favorite sport is thriving, even under Taliban rule
The fast-paced equestrian game of buzkashi is a welcome distraction in rural Afghanistan, blighted by drought and poverty, ...
The New York Times6d
The U.S. Can No Longer Ignore the Threat Arising in Afghanistan
Nowhere is that more urgently needed than in Afghanistan. Not only have its Taliban rulers crushed dissent and stripped away the rights of the country’s women and girls; they have also taken ...
The Economist16d
Pakistan is furious with the Afghan Taliban
The government is trying other negotiating tactics. Since September 2023 some 815,000 Afghans have been evicted from Pakistan ...
Voice of America2d
Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court
Afghanistan's radical Taliban leaders on Thursday rejected the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their country, declaring as ‘unlawful’ the decision in 2003 by their ...
Inter Press Service4d
Fatima’s Story: The Struggles of Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity ...
Lincoln Journal Star7d
Afghan allies helped US order airstrikes against Taliban. Trump moves leave them in limbo
President Donald Trump issued executive orders that put an end to programs used to help Afghans get to safety in America.
Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on ...
Afghan women have few rights under Taliban rule, but does sanctioning the men's cricket team help them?
In Afghanistan, women are being erased by design. They have been cast out of schools, out of universities, medical colleges, ...
The Washington Post22d
A Taliban highway could lead to the future. But it’s stuck in the past.
ISHKASHIM, Afghanistan — More than three years after the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan remains economically decrepit and politically isolated. But now, the Taliban government has a plan to ...