KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Before Sept. 11, 2001, this remote, sand-swept border city in southwestern Afghanistan was the seat of power of the Taliban, the militant Islamic regime headed by the ...

Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar is the historical birthplace and the political base of the Taliban. Now, the country’s second-largest city appears to be becoming the de facto capital ...

That’s why, for the last four years, I have fought a new war, a hopeless nightmare struggle to help Afghans who served ...

In August 2021, a video showing a Black Hawk moving around the Kandahar airport went viral. The helicopter now belonged to the Taliban. After the abrupt withdrawal of US and NATO forces from ...

During the conversation, Jaishankar welcomed Afghanistan’s rejection of recent attempts to “create distrust” between the two nations ...

The Taliban's supreme leader said Sunday there ... at the Eidgah Mosque in the southern city of Kandahar. "There is no need for laws that originate from the West. We will create our own laws ...

Authorities have completed construction of a water catchment dam in southern Afghanistan''s Kandahar province to help overcome water shortage, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Sunday.

The Taliban government has suspended the game of chess across Afghanistan, citing its potential association with gambling, ...

The move to ban chess is just the latest in an long list of restrictions to cultural, social and sporting events in Afghanistan.

India plans bold moves to strengthen relations with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, considering humanitarian assistance for ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Before Sept. 11, 2001, this remote, sand-swept border city in southwestern Afghanistan was the seat of power of the Taliban, the militant Islamic regime headed by the ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling.