The Taliban killed one of their former leaders who was known as the first commander of the group hailing from the minority Shi'ite Hazara community, officials confirmed on Wednesday, adding that he had rebelled against the de facto government.
Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer makes Australia home
For ordinary Afghans -- especially women -- the return of the Taliban has only increased hardships.
The four members of the "Beatles" are accused of abducting at least 27 journalists and relief workers from the United States, Britain, Europe, New Zealand, Russia and Japan.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday that the ruling Taliban were responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhumane punishments in the 10 months since they seized power.
A group of Afghan children were grazing sheep in fields near the village of Bolak Wandi in eastern Helmand when they spotted a metallic object half-buried in the ground.
Taliban excavate ex-leader Mullah Omar's 'getaway car'
The gap between support for helping refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan is at its largest for those respondents who voted Conservative at the last general election.
At least one participant at a gathering organised by the Taliban of 3,000 male religious and ethnic leaders from across Afghanistan called on Thursday for high schools for girls to reopen.
Afghan quake relief focus shifts to long term
Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as aid trickles in
The Taliban have put a fashion model, Ajmal Haqiqi, and his three colleagues in jail for allegedly insulting Islam and the Quran.
Male journalists in Afghanistan came out in support of their female colleagues who have been asked by the Taliban to cover their faces on-air.
The report highlighted the lack of a line of command within the government, and "untraceable and unaccountable political interventions".
It seems that the Taliban will only rest after ensuring that all Afghan women have been stripped off their rights and dignity. In their latest diktat, they have asked female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air.
Afghanistan's Taliban government has now dissolved the country's human rights commission along with four other key departments deeming them "unnecessary," as the country is facing a financial crisis.
The regressive Taliban government has now barred men and women from eating out at restaurants together in the western Afghan city of Herat. The rule even needs to be followed by married couple.
The Afghan Taliban in its latest decree has yet again attacked women and their freedom to choose what they wish to wear in public places.
The Taliban in its latest diktat have reportedly stopped issuing driving licenses to women in Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan Taliban have now banned TikTok and PUBG saying that the apps are "misleads the younger generation."
The Afghanistan Taliban in its latest diktat has asked all male government employees to wear a beard to office or risk being fired from the job.