In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. "I think the Taliban have understood ...

Experts point out that this concern does not extend to Afghanistan’s intangible heritage. Music, dance, folklore, and any artistic expression involving women remain strictly prohibited under the group ...

Manizha Bakhtari is on a mission to show that resisting the Taliban doesn’t mean “wanting a war” again in her home country. As the last serving female ambassador from Afghanistan anywhere in ...

The U.N. says more than half of people detained by the Taliban's morality police in the first 6 months of new laws regulating personal conduct were men who had noncompliant hairstyles or their ...

Russia’s Supreme Court lifted a ban against the Taliban on Thursday, removing Afghanistan’s rulers from a list of terror groups as ties deepen between Moscow and ...

The Taliban leader said executions were part of Islam, days after four men were killed by gunfire in Afghanistan after they were convicted of murder. The executions took place in sports stadiums ...

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist organization more than two decades ago. The Taliban seized power in ...

Six months after laws regulating people’s conduct came into effect, the Taliban’s morality police have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles, a U.N. report said. These laws ...

The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan, a U.N. report said ...

MOSCOW — Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist organization more than two decades ago. The Taliban ...