A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their ...

A BIZARRE campaign has been launched to lure tourists to terrorist-infested Afghanistan – featuring a sick spoof hostage video. The slick, professionally produced 50-second promotional film ...

Members of elite units that fought alongside American forces are now at risk of being deported back to their ...

As salons are banned and jobs vanish, Afghan women find precarious ways to survive under strict Taliban mandates.

Aug. 27, 2012— -- The Taliban beheaded 17 people, including two women, for attending a mixed-gender party where there was music and dancing, Afghan officials reported today.

The Taliban declared dissent unacceptable after returning to power nearly four years ago. Since then, it has detained, tortured, or forced into exile secular opponents, journalists, and human ...

Since retaking power, the Taliban has banned certain music, barred women from parks, and now outlawed chess. Authoritarians don’t just crush dissent—they criminalize joy.

The Taliban‘s Prime Minister, Mohammad Hassan Akhund, vowed on Saturday that any Afghans who fled the country after the collapse of the Western-backed government are welcome to return without ...

A top Taliban official said on Saturday that all Afghans who fled the country after the collapse of the former Western-backed government are free to return home, promising they would not be harmed ...

Taliban security personnel keep watch as they sit on an armored vehicle during the Eid al-Adha celebrations in Herat on June 7, 2025. MOHSEN KARIMI/Getty Images What To Know. The U.S. has ...