At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, ...

The reinstatement of slavery in Afghanistan removes all doubt that the Taliban intend to subject Afghanistan to a hideously ...

When the Taliban swept across Afghanistan and retook power in 2021, most countries severed diplomatic ties, but now India is leading a change of heart around the world. Despite claims that its second ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said early Wednesday, accusing the Taliban ...

Molly Long recalls the heart-wrenching fear she and her family felt last January when they learned her brother, Dennis Coyle, ...

A rumor circulating online in December 2025 claimed that throughout 2025, and specifically on Dec. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sent $45 million in weekly cash payments to the ...

More than $148 billion was spent by the U.S. government in its failed attempt to build a free Afghanistan, according to the final report by the official watchdog office, whose careful documentation of ...

New Delhi, India – As the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 following the chaotic withdrawal of US forces, which triggered the collapse of the Western-backed government in Kabul, India was ...

Pakistan, established in 1947 as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims, occupies a pivotal position in regional geopolitics, navigating complex relationships with neighboring Afghanistan and global ...

Over the past decade, Iran has witnessed repeated waves of mass protest most notably in 2009, 2017-18, 2019, and the recent women-led uprisings sparked by state violence and morality policing. While ...

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection... Afghan earthquake triggers contradictory Taliban ...