"The situation for them is very precarious, because they are not getting much help," Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told Reuters after speaking to families in the ...

Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, following an order to adopt outfits reflecting Taliban rule.

While India does not formally recognize the Taliban regime, the meeting reflects New Delhi’s calibrated engagement strategy, focusing on practical cooperation and safeguarding its strategic and ...

A former Taliban commander has pleaded guilty to taking hostages, including an American journalist, and the deaths of U.S. soldiers, the Justice Department said Friday. Haji Najibullah ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Taliban commander pleaded guilty Friday to providing weapons and other support for attacks that killed American soldiers and for key roles in the 2008 gunpoint ...

Ex-Taliban Commander Pleads Guilty to Taking US Journalist Hostage By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former commander in the Taliban has pleaded guilty to taking an American journalist and ...

(Bloomberg) — Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan’s Taliban an “ally” in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons KABUL, Apr 25 2025 (IPS) - “Even if our ...

By Colin Moynihan Haji Najibullah once commanded more than a thousand Taliban militants who waged a ruthless insurgency against U.S. and Afghan enemies. In summer 2008, federal prosecutors say ...

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - A former commander in the Taliban has pleaded guilty to taking an American journalist and two Afghan nationals hostage in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009 ...