The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Taliban leaders it holds criminally responsible for the persecution of Afghan women and girls.

The children of an elderly couple imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan have made a public plea for their release, fearing they may “die in custody”.

The children of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan have implored the Taliban to release their parents, adding their deteriorating health puts them at risk of dying in custody.

In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally ...

Darkly comic videos made by a tour agency and shared by Taliban-linked accounts on social media are encouraging people to ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

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Tourism is a vital, multibillion-dollar industry for many countries. Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has left much ...

Aid groups contracted with the United States have paid at least $10.9 million in fees and taxes to the Taliban so they can operate in Afghanistan.

As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban province by province, and American military officials struggled to evacuate those who sought to escape, I recalled a distressing incident that took place during ...