Americans are being held in near-solitary confinement by a Taliban counterintelligence unit whose personnel include former detainees from Guantanamo Bay and the US-run Bagram prison.

Taliban officials deny holding a U.S.-Afghan citizen, who witnesses and U.S. officials say was detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services in 2022.

Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worse, warns UN special envoy and former UK prime minister Gordon ...

Top Afghan officials say they want two American detainees released “as soon as possible,” but the Trump administration says a ...

At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, ...

As Afghanistan enters 2026, deep fractures inside the Taliban leadership threaten the regime's grip on power in part due to ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code ...

An Afghan who fought against Soviet forces still visits a museum celebrating the resistance, but, in keeping with rules by ...

Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban government appointed its first diplomatic representative to India since returning to power in 2021, in a further step in the gradual rapprochement between Kabul and New ...

A powerful blast ripped through Kabul’s upscale Shahr-e-Naw district, shattering the Taliban’s claims of control. Smoke ...

An Afghan family fled death threats in their home country. But for them, the U.S. is no longer safe.

The first requirement is that the film’s script must initially be submitted to the Taliban, and after the film is completed, ...