Still, many Afghan men in places like Baghlan — at the north ... with faded camouflage tarps offer ample reminders of the past that Afghans dream of leaving behind. Lyric Lee, Haq Nawaz Khan ...

Western governments are wary of being seen as supportive of the regime; many international donors have yet to resume funding for major development projects; and Afghanistan’s banking system remains ...

The uncertainty is a new point of stress. One night, Samir cried out in his sleep. In a dream, his mother had died. Four in ...

the Taliban men can “act like dictators”. But they “wait outside” like the other husbands, said Nasima Hussaini, a midwife working at a public hospital. Afghan women walk past a Taliban ...

But the administration did not want to pass up the chance to bring home the two other men ... reached in the past week, did not include the release of Muhammad Rahim, an Afghan who has been ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is ready to respond with 25 percent tariffs against C$155 billion worth of American ...

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for ...

Afghanistan has had a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades ... she had no independence. Men could commit domestic violence, injure and even kill their female family members with impunity.

Zainul Abedin Abed, the agency’s deputy director for policy and expertise, said in a press conference that in the past ... include men, women and children. Local media reports say this is the first ...