Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their facesSeveral female anchors and presenters posted their photos on social media showing them with their faces covered with face masks during pres...
Taliban warns Pakistan after rocket attacks kill 5 Afghan childrenBorder tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban seized power last year, with Islamabad claiming militant grou...
Taliban fire weapons into air, at least 2 killedTaliban in Kabul fired into the air Friday night to celebrate gains on the battlefield in Panjshir province, which still remains under the ...
Afghan media brace for what's next under Taliban ruleIn a first sign the Taliban are trying to soften their extremist reputation, one of its officials unexpectedly walked into the studios of t...
Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds downNew layers of checkpoints sprang up on roads leading to the airport, some manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with Humvees and night-visio...
Evacuation flights resume in Kabul after deadly bombingsThursday's bombings near Kabul's international airport killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said, in th...
View: Conservatives aren’t (lazier) bigotsTo mistake conservatism for fanaticism is silly. Every Hanuman worshipper is not a Bajrang Dal member. And every skull cap-wearer, a classi...
Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injures dozensInterior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said ambulances were rushing to the scene of the blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shiite ma...
Former Afghan TV presenter killed in explosion in capitalThe death of Yama Siawash is being investigated and the identity of the other victims was not immediately known, said police spokesman Ferd...
Dueling Afghan leaders both declare themselves presidentThe rival inauguration ceremonies were held at the same time Monday. That's thrown the next and crucial step in the U.S.-Taliban peace deal...
Afghan peace pact in chaos as presidential rivals squabbleSquabbling Afghan presidential rivals threatened to both declare themselves president in dueling inauguration ceremonies Monday, throwing p...
US condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan"We offer our deepest condolences to the victims of the attacks and to their families, and we stand with the people of the region against a...
Mullah Omar's son Mullah Yaqub killed in Pakistan: Top Afghan lawmakerThe son of Mullah Omar has been killed in Quetta with opposing factions and Pakistan having a hand in his death, according to a top Afghan ...
- Suicide bombing near Indian embassy in Kabul, 3 dead
At least three people were killed in a suicide bombing near the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital.
- New deadline for ban on Indian shows on Afghan television
The Afghan government extended a deadline for two private television stations to drop Indian serials it claims violate Islamic morals, but ...
- Afghanistan set to ban Indian TV serials
Afghanistan government has ordered private TV stations in the war-ravaged country to stop broadcasting popular Indian soap operas by April ...