Here’s a look at the life of Mullah Mohammed Omar, who is credited with creating the Taliban.Personal:Birth date: circa ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

Herschel Hepler was browsing Google Images to practice his paleography mdash the study of historical writing systems mdash ...

The March 2001 destruction of the giant Buddha statues carved out of sandstone in the central highlands of Afghanistan evoked worldwide condemnation. The Taliban were justly condemned for their ...

The statue stood in the central Bamyan province, where the Taliban infamously blew up two massive 1,500-year-old statues of Buddha carved into a mountain in 2001, shortly before the U.S.-led invasion ...

More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country's new leaders insist they have improved people's lives, but for years the Taliban has ruled with an iron fist ...

The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the exclusion of women from public life and society ...

KABUL, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the ...

The Pentagon has appraised the value of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan at approximately $7 billion. A brief rundown of systems that the Taliban now possess because of the ...

Afghanistan's Taliban government took over management of Kabul's famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency.