Ongoing and systematic persecution of Afghanistan’s Hazara community meets the standard of genocide, according to a report published September 1 by the New Lines Institute (NLI). The report focuses on ...

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out ...

What was it really like to visit Afghanistan before the Taliban returned to power? In this incredible journey, a traveler spends 96 hours exploring the country's ancient cities, meeting local families ...

The Taliban regime has transformed courts and state institutions into tools for enforcing decrees that intensify the ...

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

And I want to bring in another voice now. Wazhmah Osman is an associate professor of globalization and development communication at Temple University. Thank you for being with us. WAZHMAH OSMAN: Thank ...

On Aug. 15, it will have been four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, taking over the presidential palace in Kabul and sparking an exodus of foreigners and Afghans linked to the ...

Visiting Afghanistan under Taliban rule was filled with curiosity and anticipation. This video shares my first impressions ...

US President Donald Trump has expressed interest in reclaiming Bagram air base in Afghanistan -- abandoned during the 2021 withdrawal -- citing its strategic location close to Chinese nuclear sites.

Given the Taliban’s contacts during their twenty-year insurgency, it should come as little surprise that American weapons are ending up in the hands of the world’s worst rogues’ gallery. The modern ...

In 2022, after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban regained power, Afghans reported an average life satisfaction of 1.28 on a scale from 0 to 10—or from the worst possible life to ...