Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry called it a historic step, and quoted Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi as welcoming ...

FILE - In front of a Taliban flag, then-Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, center, speaks at his first news conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2021.

Nearly four years after the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, numerous countries have diplomatically engaged with the Islamic ...

The wail of a woman in a floral dress reverberates through the malnutrition ward and down the stuffy hallways of a hospital ...

World News Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next A Taliban fighter sits on the back of a vehicle with a machine gun, in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan ...

The Taliban formed in 1994 in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, imposing a hard-line interpretation of Islamic law to quell the chaos of the country’s civil war. In 1996, the group ...

Life under the new Taliban rule has been especially changed for women. In Kabul, which was a dynamic and diverse metropolis only this summer, women are again required to have male escorts in public .

Taliban fighters storm Kabul International Airport on Aug. 30, 2021, after the U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Food scarcity in Afghanistan is at a historic high: 22 million people — half the country’s population — face food insecurity, and 9 million are experiencing faminelike conditions. Advertisement ...

The United States never understood Afghanistan. American planners thought they knew what the country needed, which was not quite the same as what its people wanted. American policy was guided by ...

Six Months Into Taliban Rule, a Less Violent But Poorer Afghanistan The Taliban have cracked down on women’s protests and harassed journalists, including briefly detaining two foreign ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021 after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed ...