An armed anti-Taliban group claimed it briefly seized the Yaftal-e-Paeen district headquarters in Afghanistan's Badakhshan ...

Amid rising anti‑immigration rhetoric across Europe, the decision to engage with the Taliban signals a profound shift in how the EU balances security and human rights ...

The Afghanistan Inquiry has heard evidence from a former journalist and a reservist about the conduct of UK special forces in ...

Two top United Nations officials are urging Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding ...

A Taliban delegation has held talks with the EU in Brussels on stepping up the return of failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan, in an unprecedented visit fiercely criticised by rights advocates.

A new decree from the Taliban enabling child marriage is the latest salvo in an ongoing assault on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, Amnesty ...

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74. The state-run Qatar News Agency reported his death without offering a ...

As much of Pakistan, and most of the world, prays for 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai to recover from a vicious Taliban attack, the Islamists say that if she lives they will come after her again. It is a ...

The news from Afghanistan — or at least the news that can be gleamed and pieced together through the screen of censorship imposed by the Taliban regime — is alarming. In early June, Taliban ...

A Taliban delegation has held talks with the European Union in Brussels for the first time, in a visit fiercely criticised by rights activists. The meeting on Tuesday focused on diplomatic services ...

In this newsletter: Bulgaria attempts to bulldoze part of the EU's 21st sanctions package against Russia, criticism mounts over the EU's hyped rule of law reports, and a baby makes an appearance at a ...

EXCLUSIVE: British Army veterans wounded in Afghanistan, share their experience of using sport to adjust to the physical ...