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

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

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

“Each time I stood by the road and waited for a car to take us to the city’s hospital, the Taliban would approach us to ask where my husband was, and I would tell them he was dead – he had ...

A US porn actor has shared images of her trip to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on social media. The Taliban, who have restricted the rights of women and girls and imposed strict morality laws in line ...

A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a ...

"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 ...

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

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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.

November 1994 – The Taliban take control of the city of Kandahar. September 1996 – The capital, Kabul, falls to the Taliban. 1996-2001 – The group imposes strict Islamic laws on the Afghan ...

A delegation of senior Taliban officials arrived on Feb. 16 for the first visit to Japan by the Islamic group since it effectively recaptured control of Afghanistan in August 2021. The delegation ...