Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid responded by denying the presence of foreign terrorists or that most of these groups operate with the support and approval of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, ...

Why It Matters The Taliban is categorized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and was ousted from power when the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow r emoved the group from its list of outlawed ...

The Taliban has banned many things since seizing Afghanistan nearly four years ago. There's no music, no videos of living creatures on most Afghan TV stations - that sounds like radio.

And in her latest rallying cry, Yousafzai wants more opportunities granted to Afghanistan ’s elite female athletes, at a time when they have been forced into exile under the Taliban’s rule ...

A Taliban diplomat will on Tuesday assume the role as Afghanistan's ambassador to Russia, the Islamist group's first top envoy to Moscow since seizing power in 2021, Russian state media reported.

Russia became the first nation to formally recognise the Taliban government. Taliban leaders referred to it as a major milestone. Photos shared by TASS showed that the Taliban's white flag was ...

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