The Taliban authorities that rule Afghanistan have imposed a severe interpretation of Islamic law on the population, heavily restricting all aspects of women's lives. The government claims it secures ...

This fact sheet relies on people self-identifying their race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau’s 2023 ACS to describe the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census ...

Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun attack resulted in the death of a Chinese national, while his local interpreter escaped unharmed. An Afghanistan-based ...

The scope of the order was not clear, including whether it applied to Afghanistan's humanitarian ... assistance - more than half the country's population - but aid has shrunk as donors face ...

The U.S. secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in former President Joe Biden’s final hours in office in exchange for the release of an Afghan Taliban member in U.S. custody ...

An Afghan police official says a Chinese citizen has been killed in the country's northeast A Chinese man was killed in northeastern Afghanistan, a Taliban police spokesman said Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and disastrous consequences in ...

Sunny with a high of 65 °F (18.3 °C). Winds WNW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from W to WNW at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 44 °F (6.7 °C). Sunny today with a high of ...

Taliban control over Afghanistan stands today virtually unchallenged. No political or military force appears likely to remove Taliban rule for the foreseeable future. Reacting to the regime’s policies ...

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