Taliban

Afghanistan gets hit by a third earthquake in days as the Hindu Kush shakes again

According to the USGS, the quake occurred at a depth of 216.7 km (134.65 miles).

Afghan residents clear rubble from their home at the site of a Pakistani airstrike in Barolo village in the Marawara district of Afghanistan's Kunar province on June 29, 2026.
AN AFGHAN man walks next to the site where a drug rehabilitation center was destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.

Pakistan conducts ground operation, strikes along Afghanistan border, kills 29 fighters

Security personnel stand guard after an explosion and gunfire were reported, near offices of the Rangers, a paramilitary force, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 27, 2026.

Three Pakistani rangers killed, four injured by faction of Taliban in Karachi, military says

Taliban delegates arrive to meet with US and European delegates in Doha, Qatar, last week.

'Unconscionable': Human rights activist decry EU visas for Taliban officials


UK planned secret relocation for thousands of Afghans after data leak

The British Government set up a secret scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to the UK after people's details were disclosed in a data leak.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Germany calls on Iran to restrain Houthis, stop attacks on Red Sea ships

"We condemn this in the strongest possible terms and expect Iran to exert its influence on the Houthis to put an end to it," said Wadephul.

 A vessel said to be Greek-operated, Liberia-flagged Eternity C sinks in a footage released by Yemen's Houthis, in the Red Sea, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 9, 2025

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

"The have specifically targeted girls and women by reason of their gender, depriving them of fundamental rights and freedoms," the ICC said.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023

Millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan set to be deported

The latest round of deportations follows an earlier phase launched after March 31, which focused on Afghans holding Afghan Citizen Cards and those without documentation.

 An Afghan refugee man loads a truck with his belongings, as he along with others returns home, after Pakistan gave the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, in Jamrud, Pakistan, April 14, 2025.

Two Pakistani soldiers, 11 guerrillas killed in South Waziristan border clash

The Pakistan Army's media wing claimed the group targeted in the operation had connections to what it called “Indian-sponsored” networks.

A paramilitary trooper mans a gun atop a vehicle as he keeps guard during a media tour of the Karachi Port, Pakistan, May 9, 2025.

Time to end America's toxic relationship with Qatar - opinion

Qatar supports Hamas, houses Taliban leaders, and funds antisemitism on American campuses, so why is it still America's 'indispensable' Middle East partner?

 PALESTINE VS KUWAIT at the soccer World Cup qualifiers at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar, last year. Qatar supports Salafists, many with American blood on their hands, including the Taliban, Hamas, al-Qaeda, and ISIS, the writer says.

Afghan women’s org. push back after US scholar says Afghan refugees ‘should not fear repatriation’

Analyst Cheryl Benard defended her controversial essay, which women’s rights activists say whitewashes the Taliban’s gender apartheid policies

 A woman wearing a burqa sits on the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021.

Taliban in talks with Russia, China for trade transactions in local currencies

Both Afghanistan and Russia are sanctions-hit economies, seeking to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the Taliban's acting Commerce Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi said.

 Taliban's acting commerce minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi sits next to flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and China, during an interview with Reuters, at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Beijing, China October 19, 2023.

Blast targeting school bus kills four children in Pakistan's Balochistan, government official says

Around 40 students were in the bus that was headed to the army-run school, Iqbal said, adding that several were injured in the incident.

 Pakistani school children light candles and pray to mark the second anniversary of terrorists attack on Army Public School attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 16, 2016.

Kazan Forum 2025: Russia courts Islamic world as Taliban sends its first delegation

While President Trump signed deals with Gulf partners, Putin courted partnerships among the world’s Muslim nations in an attempt to reshape global trade dynamics.

 The Taliban's delegation preparing to depart for the 16th International Kazan Forum, May 17, 2025.