A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is ...

The Islamist militant group ruling Afghanistan has claimed the country is secure. But ordinary Afghans say hunger, poverty and fear are everyday realities.

Iran says it executed nine militants of the Islamic State group detained after a 2018 attack. The Iranian judiciary's Mizan ...

The Taliban issued a glowing eulogy for Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the group’s second emir, to mark the ninth ...

The top Taliban leader on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump's travel ban on Afghans, calling the United States an ...

India sent multi-party delegations to various foreign capitals, including all current and upcoming members of the UNSC, in an ...

A U.S.-sanctioned Russian telecom equipment developer installed 4G mobile network systems in Afghanistan last year to provide ...

The government accused the Islamic State of being behind the attack, which struck at the heart of the Taliban’s power structure after years of essentially unchallenged dominance. By Lynsey ...

Many at the top of the Taliban’s interim government structure continue to be on most-wanted lists and UN travel ban advisories for terrorism. Delhi has been consistently against any formulation ...

The organisational structure of ISK remains poorly understood – the ... the former Afghan republic government and now the Taliban. The Taliban’s primary aim is to eliminate any domestic challengers to ...

Band-e-Amir, seen here in May this year, was Afghanistan's first national park The Taliban government have banned ... special geological formations and structure, as well as natural and unique ...

There has been speculation for many years about internal rifts within Afghanistan's Taliban, but the Islamic ... criticized his boss for damaging the government and monopolizing power.