In his cell, the light glows all night, so he pulls a blanket over his head and burrows into the darkness. Then comes his nightmare, about the Taliban fighter whose face appears in a cloud of black ...

Pakistan bombed Kabul and Kandahar on Friday (February 27), hours after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border positions. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declared open war: "Our patience has ...

Five years after the Taliban retook Afghanistan, women are barred from education but turning to entrepreneurship. Over 10,000 ...

A man offers Taliban flags for sale ahead of celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the start of Taliban rule, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 13, ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

New research from Save the Children has found that one in 10 infants and very young children in Afghanistan is now suffering from acute malnourishment. Acute malnutrition refers to a sudden and severe ...

A recent report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a U.S. government watchdog, has revealed that billions of dollars’ worth of weapons and military equipment that ...

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. Hundreds of Afghans who fought alongside U.S. troops and supported the U.S. government in Afghanistan are now worried their green cards could ...

While global attention remains focused on the escalating confrontation between Israel and the United States and Iran, Afghanistan – already one of the world’s most fragile economies – risks becoming ...