Taliban

Taliban’s new marriage separation decree draws UN criticism

The decree sets out various grounds for separation in Afghanistan, including a husband’s prolonged disappearance and “incompatibility” between couples.

Taliban detains three journalists in Afghanistan, UN says

Russia says it's establishing 'full partnership' with Afghan Taliban

Taliban soldiers load a rocket launcher in a vehicle, following exchanges of fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, near Torkham border in Afghanistan, February 27, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Afghanistan exiles dream of Olympic stage after FIFA recognition

Elaha Safdari of the Afghan Women's Refugee team makes a save during a selection camp at St. George's Park in Britain, on Aug 26, 2025.

War with Pakistan halts school for Afghan border children

More than 94,000 Afghans have been displaced by the war, figures from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs show.

Australian soldier accused of war crimes in Afghanistan granted bail

Ben Roberts-Smiththe was allegedly complicit in a string of unlawful killings between 2009 and 2012.

Pakistan, Afghanistan trade fire as Islamabad prepares to host US-Iran talks

FILE PHOTO: Police officers check vehicles as a security measure, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces, along a road leading to the airport in Karachi, Pakistan, February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Asim Hafeez/File Photo

From friends to foes: Pakistan, Taliban and the makings of a bigger war

Afghan mourners attending a mass funeral prayer for victims killed by a Pakistani airstrike that struck a drug rehabilitation centre, at the Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul on March 26, 2026.

Afghan Taliban releases American detainee Coyle after US censure

American Dennis Coyle, who was detained by the Afghan Taliban government for more than year, is greeted as he arrives at Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez

Afghans search for loved ones at Kabul rehab centre bombed by Pakistan

Afghan men search for the names of missing relatives on a list at the site of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.

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