A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...

The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping ...

President-elect Donald Trump again said he would get Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting while also saying he would demand ...

The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to the international ...

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off almost overnight.

Senior Taliban official hits out at own group’s policies towards women - Deputy foreign minister says ‘there is no excuse’ ...

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai said, "In the time of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), the doors of knowledge were open to both men and women." ...

The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister has urged senior leaders to reopen schools for Afghan girls, marking one of the ...

Sher Abbas Stanikzai urges the Taliban to reconsider its ban on girls' education, citing no religious basis for it.