The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan three years ago and faced no public opposition to their hard-line policies until this ...
In a recording, the group's leader declared: "We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]." What does Islamic law say on the matter? And have stonings taken place?
Police say suspected militants bombed a girls school in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s ...
Several people were killed when a demonstration broke out in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after Taliban authorities ...
The Islamic State group says it is responsible for a bombing that killed officers involved in an anti-poppy crop campaign in ...
Abubakar Siddique, a journalist for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, specializes in the coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the ...
The Islamic State group says it is responsible for a bombing that killed a dozen officers involved in an anti-poppy crop ...
Kabul: Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a military ...
A Taliban official says A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police ... Another was ...
Why It's Important: Afghanistan is one of the most ... armed forces staged a rally in Kabul on April 20. The protest was dispersed by the Taliban. "We are just trying to claim our rights," Aafandi ...
The Islamic State group says it is responsible for a bombing that killed officers involved in an anti-poppy crop campaign in ...