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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The hard-line Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have "suspended" the holding of chess matches in the country, citing "religious considerations" and claiming it represents a form of "gambling." ...

A UN report has found that the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, as well as all women, are under constant attack by the Taliban authorities. https://p.dw.com ...