It is why the internet is the only way left for us to communicate, the ­predominant emotion among Afghan women young and old is fear and despair. The older generation weep for their daughters who ...

After the sudden shift to Sharia law under the first Taliban regime was met with Western backlash, Afghanistan’s rulers are now moving gradually to tighten their hold.

Lt. Gen. Sami Sadat surveys a formation of Afghan troops in 2021. (Courtesy of Sami Sadat) In rural Mason Neck, Virginia, among homes with Confederate flags hanging out front and towering pickup ...

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Afghans longing for closer connections with the outside world are finding an outlet in the border city of Termez, where neighboring Uzbekistan invites them to visit a new international trade ...

She and 18 other female Afghan medical students are resuming their studies at Scottish universities after a British nonprofit concluded a years-long effort to bring Afghan women to the country and ...

The FBI has arrested an Afghan man for allegedly plotting a terror attack on election day. Authorities say Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi was planning the attack in the name of ...

As the Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, Afghan women say that whatever hopes they once harbored for an easing of the severe restrictions on them have largely vanished. The new ...

Iran is to deport two million Afghan migrants in six months, in one of the largest expulsion programmes in recent history, according to Ahmad-Reza Radan, head of Iran’s national police.

the Taliban quickly rose to power, presaging a human rights crisis and turn to authoritarianism in the war-torn nation. Arif was eligible for a new U.S. program to bring in Afghans who worked with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in ...

KABUL, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Taliban administration is in control of 39 Afghan embassies and consulates globally three years after it took over Afghanistan and the previous Western-backed ...