The Taliban is investigating an Afghan man's claim that he is 140 years old - which would make him the oldest person ever to have lived. Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country's eastern Khost ...

open image in gallery Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province (AFP/Getty) Afghan women ...

During the US-led, 20-year war against the Taliban, Afghan Air Force pilots played a key role alongside American counterparts, some carrying out strikes that inflicted heavy casualties on the ...

Afghan women students in Oman say they expect to be sent back within weeks More than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban to pursue higher education in Oman now face imminent return back to ...

The Taliban disclosed earlier Thursday that Boehler had met with a delegation that included Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Glezmann, 66, was in Afghanistan as a tourist at the time of ...

The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the U.N. condemned ongoing employment and education bans.