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?
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says leadership has established an inquiry committee tasked with reporting its findings to the ...
Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a military vehicle in northern Afghanistan being ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers on Wednesday, officials said.
The Taliban has rejected claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan, calling it “irresponsible and far from the reality.” ...
Afghanistan’s rulers are pariahs on the global stage, largely because of their restrictions on women and girls. The economy ...
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 ...
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ISLAMABAD: The Afghan interim government announced the formation of a committee on Sunday to probe violent clashes that left two people dead in the northeastern Badakhshan province following protests ...
Protests have roiled several districts in the northern province of Badakhshan where farmers object to Taliban security forces ...