"All have an obligation to robustly protect, monitor and preserve these artefacts" and sites in Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities declared in February that year. They are "part of our country's ...

Karima Moqimi was a final-year medical student in the 1990s during the Taliban’s first period of rule in Afghanistan. She was pregnant with her first child when she went to her university to ...

The Afghan people not only defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, but also caused its fall in Central Asia. This was ...

A Brief History of Women's Rights In Afghanistan Think of women in ... as they examine a plaster showing a part of a human body - January 1962 (STAFF/AFP via Getty Images) The Taliban is a group that ...

The U.S. anticipates additional American detainees will be released from Taliban custody, following recent diplomatic efforts ...

The Taliban leader said executions were part of Islam, days after four men were killed by gunfire in Afghanistan after they were convicted of murder. The executions took place in sports stadiums ...

While Taliban delegations have attended conferences ... They also have a bloody history between them. In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to back the communist government at risk ...

He said the bomb targeted the office of the peace committee, which publicly opposes the Pakistani Taliban. The committee also helps solve disputes among residents. Wazir said some of the wounded ...