Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is seeking direct talks with the hard-line Islamist Taliban regime in ...

The Taliban's order for male teachers and students in the ninth grade and above to sign the pledge has been widely criticized. "This is an irrational step and must be strongly discouraged," a high ...

BAMIAN, Afghanistan — The three Taliban soldiers gazed down at the gaping hole in the 125-foot cliff where one of Afghanistan’s two great Buddha figures once stood and wondered aloud who was ...