Afghanistan’s frontier remains the stage for regional ambitions from the “Great Game” to modern proxy wars. The ghosts of the past once again shake the region’s peace ...

It’s not often that a man on the United Nations’ sanctions list gets the red carpet rolled out for him in India. But that’s what happened in October 2025, as the Taliban’s foreign minister, Amir Khan ...

In Afghanistan in 2025, under Taliban rule, women are largely restricted from public life. However, within the confines of ...

Matthew W. McElhinney faded in and out of consciousness as the morphine kicked in. Other Marines grasped his hand, squeezed it and talked to him, trying anything to keep him awake. “What’s your ...

In a television interview, Asif claimed that India had “penetrated” the Afghan Taliban leadership. That, he insisted, was the ...

Taliban officials rejected President Trump’s suggestion that Bagram Airfield near Kabul could return to U.S. control after it was abandoned during the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan under the ...

Afghanistan is in the midst of a communications blackout, just weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fiber optic connections in multiple provinces, in what appears to be the Islamist regime's ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced that a ceasefire with neighboring Pakistan would go into effect Wednesday, after a second eruption of cross-border violence in less than a week that has left ...

The Taliban has imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, cutting off Internet and mobile networks. The blackout has disrupted flights, banking, e-commerce, online jobs, and ...

The Taliban’s top military commander has rejected President Donald Trump‘s call for the return of the Bagram air base to US control. The commander warned of a strong reaction to any form of hostility.