Under the Islamic fundamentalist group’s rule, the economy has floundered, malnutrition has soared, and more than half a ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...

Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban have signed a military and technical cooperation deal, Russian media reported, but neither side released details, raising questions about whether it marks a ...

Months after Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan, neither side appears ready to back down, despite China’s efforts to ...

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan. That’s what most people think when it comes to the topic of the women’s rights crisis under the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. But this only ...

A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband. By Elian Peltier Reporting ...

MOSCOW, May 14 (Reuters) - Russia is establishing a "full-fledged partnership" with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with ‌Kabul, a ...

EU plans technical-level meeting in Brussels with Taliban Wants to discuss returning Afghan migrants deemed security risks EU says talks would not mean recognition of Taliban government Rights groups ...

Authorities report that the death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan has risen to 14 police officers. A self-proclaimed splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has ...

Last week, on 14 May, the Taliban instructed courts in Afghanistan that the silence of a “virgin girl” is consent to marriage. A boy’s silence is not consent. A previously-married woman’s silence is ...