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?
Zerka Malyar and her team sought to confront the Taliban on the critical issue of women’s rights.
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says leadership has established an inquiry committee tasked with reporting its findings to the ...
A Taliban official says A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers ISLAMABAD ...
Indicating readiness for an increase in international visitors, Afghanistan’s sole five-star hotel, the Serena, has recently ...
Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a military vehicle in northern Afghanistan being ...
Afghanistan’s rulers are pariahs on the global stage, largely because of their restrictions on women and girls. The economy ...
The Taliban has rejected claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan, calling it “irresponsible and far from the reality.” ...
Abubakar Siddique, a journalist for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, specializes in the coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the ...
The anti-Taliban protests in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan’s Darayim district entered its second day on Saturday as the residents ...
Protests have roiled several districts in the northern province of Badakhshan where farmers object to Taliban security forces ...