In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. "I think the Taliban have understood how much the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas damaged their ...

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after more than two decades of a ...

Unfortunately, history has shown that no one – neither the British, nor the Soviets, nor now the Americans – ever seems to have the necessary time and energy to expend in the region to improve ...

The Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history, a U.N. report said Thursday. Pakistan and Iran are ...

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Pakistani airstrikes have killed three civilians and wounded seven others in two eastern ...

Four years on from its return to power, the Taliban government remains largely isolated in the international arena over the ...

What might feel like an adventurous trip to an underexplored country can turn out to be an unintentional investment in the ...

Former Russian Defense Minister and Secretary of the Security Council Sergey Shoigu published a column in Rossiyskaya Gazeta titled "Afghanistan: the thorny path to stability." In it, Shoigu praises ...