Tens of thousands of Afghan citizens are returning from Pakistan each month, many of them pouring into Jalalabad, an Afghan city near the border. The city’s population has doubled in the past two years to 600,

Pakistani air raids break fragile ceasefire as Islamabad faces pressure on both borders.

At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have introduced a sweeping new penal code that rights groups warn effectively legalises domestic violence and

Mujahid clarified that the Taliban would show sympathy and possibly cooperate with Iran if requested, but the group is not committing to joining a retaliatory war against the US. The Taliban will aid

The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn't cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released three Pakistani soldiers captured during border clashes in October, in a move mediated by Saudi Arabia amid strained ties and a prolonged frontier closure between the two neighbours.

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