In a crowded control centre, surrounded by dozens of TV screens, the Taliban's police force proudly shows off its ...

Draconian restrictions introduced by the Taliban are preventing girls and women from accessing medical care and doctors, say ...

A US porn actor has traveled to Afghanistan in a trip unacknowledged by the Taliban, who have restricted the rights of women and girls and imposed strict morality laws since seizing power in 2021.

"We monitor the entire city of Kabul from here," says Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban police chief, pointing to one of the screens. The authorities say such surveillance will help ...

While authorities claim the surveillance network is intended to combat crime, critics warn it could be used to enforce the ...

Under the Taliban’s plans for the Wakhan Corridor, this city would become a major transport hub. These days, convoys carrying Taliban soldiers race along Taleqan’s roads with sirens blaring.

When new rulers with jihadi roots took power in Damascus, artists, singers and dancers held their breath. They can relax, the ...

A senior cleric and five other worshippers were killed Friday in a suicide bomb attack at a pro-Taliban seminary in ...

The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan ... It operates three other hotels in Afghanistan, two in Kabul and one in the eastern city of Nangarhar. Tourism official Mohammad ...

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On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing ... Qaeda until it cut ties in 2016. The Taliban in Afghanistan have been among ...

“They don’t listen to us,” General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, complained about the Afghan Taliban last month. In General Munir’s reckoning Pakistan is not asking for muc ...