The Taliban government asked her to leave. But for more than four years, Manizha Bakhtari has defied the leadership in Kabul and remains accredited by Vienna as Afghanistan鈥檚 ambassador to Austria.
At least three Afghan cricketers were among eight people killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan鈥檚 eastern Paktika province near the border, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said Friday.
Pakistan鈥檚 prime minister said on Thursday that 鈥榯he ball is in the Afghan Taliban鈥檚 court鈥� for a permanent ceasefire, a day after a 48-hour truce was called in the wake of deadly cross-border clashes.
Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday they killed dozens of each other鈥檚 troops during a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban foreign minister will visit India this month after the UN security council committee temporarily lifted a travel ban, Kabul鈥檚 foreign ministry confirmed to AFP on Saturday...
The United Nations called on Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities Monday to immediately restore internet and telecommunications in the country, 24 hours after a nationwide blackout was imposed...
A huge communications blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces to prevent 鈥榲ice鈥�...
The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment, reports BBConline.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities expanded their crackdown on internet access Wednesday, severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces in what officials said was a campaign against 鈥榲ice鈥�...
At least 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Pakistani Taliban in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, local government and security officials told AFP...
Washington鈥檚 special envoy Adam Boehler made a rare visit on Saturday to Kabul, where he said the United States would move forward with a prisoner exchange, according to the Taliban government...
The Pakistani Taliban shot dead two border troops in a remote border region next to Afghanistan, an official said Thursday, after the militants scrawled graffiti throughout villages.
A group of 45 Afghans who fled the Taliban arrived in Germany on Monday after months of waiting in Pakistan until聽German court rulings forced Berlin to offer them refuge.
In a new customs-free zone on the dusty Uzbek-Afghan border, Taliban representative Sayed Zaher Shah is pleased with his country鈥檚 rapidly growing trade links in the region.
After a four-year suspension, the Taliban government has announced it would resume pension payments for Afghanistan鈥檚 nearly 150,000 retired military and civil servants.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday, buoyed by Russia鈥檚 first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow...
The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.
An elderly British couple detained for months in Afghanistan are receiving medical care, the Taliban government鈥檚 top diplomat said Wednesday, after UN experts warned they were at risk of dying...
The Taliban government said Thursday it had not arrested or monitored Afghans involved in a secret British resettlement plan after a data breach was revealed this week.
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity...
Afghanistan鈥檚 government said on Thursday that Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a 鈥榖rave decision鈥�.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities on Thursday denied involvement in the disappearance of a US citizen in Kabul, after Washington announced a $5 million reward for information on his whereabouts...
Taliban authorities have arrested 14 people in northern Afghanistan for playing musical instruments and singing, activities they restricted since taking power, provincial police said on Saturday.
The Taliban government condemned on Tuesday the 鈥榲iolence鈥� used by Pakistan in its new campaign to expel Afghans from the country, accusing Islamabad of using the migrants for 鈥榩olitical goals鈥�...
At least 11 people were killed Saturday in northern Pakistan when the army launched a series of drone strikes against the Taliban -- losses which the provincial government called 鈥榙eeply regrettable鈥�....
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government released nearly 2,500 prisoners ahead of celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, the supreme court said on Saturday, in a country where the UN has warned of a growing prison population.
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban鈥檚 oppression of women...
A suicide attack at an Islamic religious school in Pakistan known as the 鈥楿niversity of Jihad鈥� where key Taliban leaders have studied killed four people on Friday, police said.
Japan urged the Taliban government to respect human rights during a rare diplomatic meeting with a senior member of the visiting Afghan delegation, Tokyo said on Wednesday...
A Taliban government delegation was visiting Japan for the first time on Monday, in a rare diplomatic visit outside of the region.
