The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse ...

The Taliban have effectively barred Afghan women from public life, but Sarah Wahedi will not take no for an answer.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders, confirmed on Friday that a staff member was held for two ...

The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about the arrests of dozens of women, and reported that two people were ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers deny shooting at protesters and claim no women or girls have been arrested because they're all ...

Australia is under growing pressure to take a landmark human rights case against the Taliban to the International Court of ...

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights advocate.

Pakistan says it killed 26 militants in "precise and calibrated" strikes, but Afghanistan's Taliban rulers claim 11 children ...

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026.

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer ...

A former Taliban commander is heading to federal prison for 42 years after orchestrating deadly attacks on American troops ...

A Taliban commander who led and directly participated in the hostage-taking of journalist David Rohde and two others was ...