Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating ...

What is a dissident? In an autocracy, standing against the rulers could mean harassment, prison, torture, even death.

This story is the material expression of the second Trump administration’s turn against a long-standing tradition of Western ...

July 20, 2025: The Ukraine War and Israeli air strikes on Iran mean that other countries have learned much about how to defend against major drone attacks. This somewhat reduces the potential impact ...

The United States Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a final rule on July 7, 2025 that immediately amended ...

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged ...

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans ...

COMMENT: As the Taliban turn drug rehabilitation centres into makeshift madrasas, Wajed Rohani cautions against the ...

A code of practice designed to help thousands of companies comply with the European Union's landmark artificial intelligence rules may only apply at the end of 2025, the European Commission said ...

State disruption confronted Afghanistan's rulers and their international supporters with a challenging legacy after 2001. The emergence of a neopatrimonial political order, with formal bureaucratic ...

The United Nations has expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to ...