Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition ...

India is ramping up aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and branding itself as the region's "first responder" after Monday's ...

Declaring that the Afghan Taliban were not the "darling of Pakistan", the chief military spokesperson has warned that any ...

The Independent’s home affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft gave evidence to MPs about the superinjunction on Tuesday ...

While the government will host a conference this month to galvanise international action before the cold Afghan winter sets ...

KABUL (Reuters) -A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, ...

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring ...

Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. That meant she could no longer do what she loved most: playing football.

The Taliban authorities, who say that women's rights are protected by Islamic law, have banned girls and women from schools beyond the age of 12, and also from most jobs and public services -- and ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies, architect of the nation's longest war as he plotted the global response to the 9/11 ...

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 and injuring over 500 ...

It has been nearly eight years since U.S. forces overthrew the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, but the war against the Taliban insurgency is bloodier than ever. The number of Afghan civilians killed ...