Taliban

Russia has extended an invitation to Afghanistan’s Taliban to participate in its largest annual economic forum, signaling Moscow’s efforts to lift the ban on the Islamist movement, as reported by…

Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their homes, the United Nations said…

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in…

Christian Aid and ActionAid on Monday became the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country’s Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from…

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after “serious complaints” about their dress code, the Ministry of Economy told AFP on…

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for females nationwide, as the hard-line Islamists continue to crush women’s right to education and freedom. Despite promising a softer rule when…

Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban. Tehreek–e-Taliban…

The Taliban are investigating a U.S. “claim” that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, a Taliban official said on Thursday, indicating the…