The four young Thomas Shelbys walking around Herat. Screenshot from YouTube/Herat-Mic The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a ...

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 ...

In a move that marks both a dramatic reversal of history and a striking geopolitical realignment, Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, ...

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 ...

Tajikistan and Afghanistan's Taliban have engaged in a flurry of diplomacy in recent months to ease tensions and prevent armed clashes along their long, shared border. Tajik and Taliban officials have ...

The Taliban has barred female patients, visitors, and medical staff who do not wear the all-encompassing burqa from entering public hospitals in western Afghanistan, the latest restriction by the hard ...

Four years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan faces a paradox. To the outside world, the regime’s restrictions — particularly on women and civil liberties — make positive change ...

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 ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

New Zealand’s Trade Agreement With India Reflects a Foreign Policy Shift 600 men from Panjshir have been incorporated into the Taliban’s defense and interior ministries, with another 1,500 to be ...