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

From the Soviets to the Americans to the Taliban, a look at Afghanistan's recent history. The U.S. aims to exit its 20-year presence by Aug. 31.

The Taliban took control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Their fall marked the latest development in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive as American ...

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 ...

A program that resettles in the United States Afghans who worked with the U.S. government could grind to a halt later this year, stranding tens of thousands at risk of Taliban retribution ...

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 ...