Since trading the battlefield for Afghanistan's halls of power, some Taliban members have also swapped their weapons for pens ...

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 ...

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

The Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai because she was an outspoken advocate for girls' education in Pakistan, which the Taliban ...

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

An aspiring dentist who fled Afghanistan is building a new life in the UK. Shakiba Azim, who left her home country four years ...

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 ...

Days later, the Taliban’s chief spokesman issued a upbeat assessment of bilateral ties, praising the “positive relations” between Dushanbe and Kabul and pledging cooperation. The contrasting comments ...