The Taliban's supreme leader said Sunday there is "no need" for Western laws in Afghanistan, noting that democracy is dead as long as sharia laws are in place. Hibatullah Akhundzada was speaking ...

Taliban hostage George Glezmann received a warm welcome Friday after he landed in the U.S. following his release from Taliban captivity just one day prior following his arrest in Dec. 2022.

Taliban releases 2 Americans, including Ryan Corbett, in prisoner swap, family says 00:31. Islamabad, Pakistan — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime ...

GOP accuse Obama of "negotiating with terrorists," WH says Bergdahl was POW. June 4, 2014 — -- With the recent release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity after nearly five years--in ...

Aug. 27, 2012— -- The Taliban beheaded 17 people, including two women, for attending a mixed-gender party where there was music and dancing, Afghan officials reported today.

However, the Taliban has denied being in custody of Mahmood Habibi, according to Fox News. Mahmood’s brother, Ahmad tells Fox News Digital, “[I] know that my brother is still in Taliban custody.

The Pentagon has appraised the value of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan at approximately $7 billion. A brief rundown of systems that the Taliban now possess because of the ...

The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021.

A Taliban fighter stands guard near the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque as people attend the Eid al-Adha prayer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) AP. By .

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.

The Taliban have banned windows in residential buildings to stop women from being seen while they are at home in Afghanistan. Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, ordered that ...

The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women.It comes two years after it told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women ...