Pakistani rulers are taking duplicitous leaves out of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s playbook. They are whipping up the “Islamic solidarity” rhetoric to appease public frenzy at home and at ...

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

A US senator has introduced a bill that would block President Donald Trump from using the American military in a conflict against Iran without explicit authorisation from Congress.

Influencers boost one another’s content, tag diplomats, appear on one another’s Twitter Spaces, and push traffic to Taliban-friendly outlets to shape media narratives for the Taliban.

The Taliban’s acting minister of commerce and trade, Haji Nooruddin Azizi, showed up at the Astana International Forum on May 30, bringing a message that Afghanistan is open for business. His pitch ...

Taliban Emir Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada expressed his support for “the oppressed people of Palestine” while denouncing “Zionist assaults and acts of oppression.” In the past, the Taliban has ...

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.

It's possible to create modern uniforms that build upon foundational designs from the past. It's also reasonable to do 1-to-1 replications of looks from the past, ...

Taliban delegations have attended various forums hosted by Russia as Moscow has sought to position itself as a regional power broker. In 2024, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, called the Taliban ...

Russia has officially accepted the Taliban's nomination of an ambassador to Moscow, the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday, as economic and political ties grow between the two ...

The top Taliban leader has slammed President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Afghans, calling the United States an “oppressor.” Saturday's comments from Hibatullah Akhundzada marked the Taliban ...