No charges have been issued, nor any explanation given for why Peter and Barbie were arrested on February 1 with their ...

US president Donald Trump has given Taliban-controlled Afghanistan the same tariff as the UK, despite the Central Asian country applying a levy on imported US goods five times larger than Britain's.

Winston Churchill famously described Soviet Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma". This characterisation also fits modern Afghanistan, as amply demonstrated by repeated failures ...

Karzai’s influence is not just historical; it lies in his ability to mediate Afghanistan’s current power struggles.

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada stated that Afghanistan no longer requires Western laws. He expressed strong disapproval of the West, arguing that democracy has come to an end in Afghanistan.

In February 2020, they announced the Doha Accords — heavily skewed in the Taliban’s favour — virtually accepting the narrative that the Taliban were the representatives of Afghanistan ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump ...

An American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that American national George Glezmann was on his way back to the U.S. after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Glezmann, an Atlanta ...

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The Taliban has released American George Glezmann, ending his two-year detainment and giving President Trump a diplomatic victory that could reshape U.S. relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban ...

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present this testimony on the critical issue of religious freedom in Afghanistan. The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform ...