The blitz through the Taliban's southern heartland means the insurgents now hold half of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals and control more than two-thirds of the country — weeks before the U ...

Post Reports The cost of peace in Afghanistan In Helmand province, the news of Taliban victory ending two decades of war and U.S. occupation, was met with joy and relief.

The small, picturesque province of Panjshir at the foot of the lush Hindu Kush mountain range has become the last bulwark against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, who have seized the country at bre… ...

Prior to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, leaders of Panjshir province had called on the Afghan government in Kabul to grant them more autonomy. Most of the valley's population are ethnic ...

The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now ...

June 23, 2022 — As the numbers of those who have lost their lives in a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan continues to rise, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has deployed emergency teams to the ...