The Taliban are a predominantly Pashtun, Islamic fundamentalist group that returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 after waging a 20-year insurgency. Following the U.S.-led invasion that toppled ...

The implications of this move extend far beyond symbolism. By recognizing the Taliban as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, ...

Afghans worry their children are doomed under new curriculum enforced at gunpoint The post The Taliban Are Turning Boys’ Schools into Jihadist Training Grounds first appeared on The Walrus.

exclaims elegant Pashto graffiti on a highway stop out of Kabul. The graffiti, in a Taliban stronghold, celebrates their forces' sweep into the Afghan capital in August 2021 .

India's geopolitical manoeuvring was exemplified in its abstention at the UNSC on a resolution calling for political inclusion and the reversal of the Taliban's repressive policies.

Pakistan’s support of the Taliban is boomeranging, as a growing Pashtun population demands rights that Islamabad has long denied them. Tensions are rising as the Pashtuns, fleeing Taliban tyranny in ...

Germany deported dozens of Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Taliban ...

The shocking case of child marriage was reported in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but Taliban is yet to charge either the ...

The violence came after the government on Monday banned the Pashtun Protection Movement, saying it supports the Pakistani Taliban, an outlawed militant group.

Pakistan’s government has proscribed the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (Pashtun Defence Movement)—a Pashtun nationalist organization that has led mass protests against military repression—under ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have clashed with supporters of a rights group for the Pashtun ethnic minority in the country’s northwestern angered by a government ban imposed on ...

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have clashed with supporters of a rights group for the Pashtun ethnic minority in the country’s northwestern angered by a government ...