Taliban authorities destroyed musical instruments in eastern Afghanistan, reinforcing a nationwide ban critics say is erasing ...
Four young Afghan men were given a Taliban warning for walking the streets dressed as Thomas Shelby from the TV hit show ...
UNODC survey found 85% of families in northern provinces unable to replace poppy income. Production fell 32% to 296 tonnes as ...
As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to ...
The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeover ...
History frequently conceals its pivotal changes just beneath the surface of everyday dates. The last day of the year, when ...
Faith communities are uniting to provide sanctuary and support, and religious leaders are speaking out against dehumanizing ...
Sima Samar has spent a lifetime working for the ideals of a country that no longer exists, but even in exile she dreams of rebuilding for a second time ...
Kabul`s historic Ariana Cinema, a symbol of Afghan resilience through decades of conflict, has been razed to make way for a commercial center.
Zohal Shahalami barely recalls when her family fled Afghanistan to neighbouring Pakistan to escape the Taliban, with her ...
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Origins of the Taliban

The Taliban didn’t rise from nowhere — they were built, funded, and armed in the shadow of the Cold War. Born in the ...
Taliban government continues to adhere to commitments made in the Doha Agreement to not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used ...