Governments of 12 countries whose citizens will be banned from visiting the United States starting next week are scrambling to understand President Donald Trump’s latest move to resurrect a ...

Trump and Elon Musk hold a White House press event and a federal appeals court pauses a lower court block on tariffs.

The top Taliban leader on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump's travel ban on Afghans, calling the United States an oppressor, as Afghanistan's rulers seek greater engagement with the ...

A top Taliban official said on Saturday (JUne 7, 2025) that all Afghans who fled the country after the collapse of the former Western-backed government are free to return home, promising they ...

A banner announcing Taliban Emir Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada’s 2025 Eid al Adha message that was posted on the group’s El Emerah website. The emir of the ...

The Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai because she was an outspoken advocate for girls’ education in Pakistan, which the Taliban had banned in the Swat Valley. They viewed her activism as a threat to ...

Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund made the amnesty offer in his message for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, also known as the “Feast of Sacrifice.” The offer comes days after U ...

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