Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban rulers have detained several Islamic clerics. Most of those incarcerated have publicly ...

However, this development should not be viewed in isolation. New Delhi’s recent warming of relations with the Taliban may be ...

Pakistan will now chair the UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee, overseeing sanctions related to the Taliban’s activities and ...

The militant group’s reintegration into regional politics was inevitable. New Delhi’s move should be welcomed by the West.

Since retaking power, the Taliban has banned certain music, barred women from parks, and now outlawed chess. Authoritarians ...

The Taliban administration is in advanced talks with Russia for banks from both sanctions-hit economies to settle trade ...

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

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 ...

However, a Taliban-only arrangement will merely replicate the exclusionary cycles that have doomed past peace efforts ...

Authorities say security forces have raided a militant hideout in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, triggering a shootout that left two police officers and four Pakistani Taliban fighters dead ...

Just last week, U.S. intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan's civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only ...

Pakistan will take on an important role at the United Nations. It will chair the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) ...