COLUMN. The Taliban has only been able to curb opium production in the country because of the regime's deeply repressive ...

The recently released audio message by the emir of the Afghan Taliban movement, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, has sent waves of worry across the international community. Notwithstanding efforts by ...

Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics. By Elian Peltier The airstrikes ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban administration has rolled back hard-fought rights won by Afghan women and girls during two decades of rule by American-backed ...

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah ...

July 8 (UPI) --The European-based International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two top Taliban officials over a bundle of legitimate allegations of crimes against women and young ...

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, a senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's ...

The recent detention and subsequent release of influential Taliban figure Mullah Mutasim Agha Jan have highlighted widening internal rifts and power struggles within the Afghan Taliban, exposing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, are victims of a deepening internal power struggle within the Taliban, sources say An ...