ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to ...

Taliban restrictions force women deeper into isolation Women aid workers face reduced or no pay without work With no aid, children sold and forced into work or marriage KABUL/NEW DELHI, Jan 26 ...

An Afghan woman uses her smartphone along a street in Kabul on June 18, 2025. An Afghan woman uses her smartphone along a street in Kabul on June 18, 2025. Wakil Kohsar—AFP/Getty Images Contributor On ...

An Afghan asylum-seeker was released from a Missouri ICE detention facility after a federal judge's ruling. The court found Mohammad Ali Dadfar was arrested without a warrant and his parole was ...

LONDON, Aug 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Five months after Taliban supporters smashed up her restaurant, Afghan entrepreneur Laila Haidari opened a secret craft centre where women earn a small ...

The group often posts videos of themselves dressed as the fictional Birmingham crime family in western Afghanistan.

Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide. The ...

The recent earthquake in Afghanistan has laid bare the country’s worsening women’s health crisis and demonstrated how restrictive Taliban laws and collapsed infrastructure left women without access to ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The Taliban on Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to ...