Afghan political leaders and women activists on Monday opened a two-day dialogue in Islamabad to explore ways for “shaping a collective, regionally supported vision for Afghanistan’s peaceful future”, ...

Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop. This is the call they’ve long been waiting for. A flurry of mixed emotions takes over as they each learn they have been selected by FIFA for the ...

There is no Afghanistan team in the ICC Women's World Cup starting on Tuesday, but a group of 16 cricketers from that country now living in exile in Australia has arrived in Guwahati to watch the ...

The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating the upcoming 30th anniversary of their 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, with a new, four-CD set. The album was released on Oct. 24, 1995, as a ...

Afghanistan's rulers released a US citizen from custody following a visit by Washington’s hostage envoy, the US government and Taliban said on September 28, as the ostracized Taliban rulers continue ...

On a recent video call, Bahara’s face flickered in and out — her sharp cheekbones barely visible in the dark. The power was out again in Kabul. The 19-year-old spoke for a few minutes with her family ...

NEW DELHI/KABUL, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council Committee has temporarily lifted a travel ban on the Afghan Taliban foreign minister, which would allow him to visit India between October ...

The assembling of Afghan opposition luminaries in Islamabad made headlines as they sought permission for furthering their political activities. The fact that an unofficial and private forum based in ...

Obaidullah Baraty sits on a colorful toshak with his legs crossed in the almost empty living room of his Beaverton apartment as he shows pictures on his phone of his wife and baby boy. The couple are ...

A former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military was detained by ICE agents for 106 days until a federal judge in San Diego ordered his immediate release last week.

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have cut fibre optic connectivity across the country “until further notice,” a government source told AFP. “There isn’t any other way or system to communicate... the ...