Taliban regime

Instead of being supportive, Australia is taking away Afghans' only reason for happiness, an Afghan cricketer said.

Afghan society has always frowned upon women participating in sports, but unlike the Taliban, previous governments encouraged girls to play.

Women are vital for the delivery of lifesaving assistance in Afghanistan, and aid agencies are calling for a reversal of the ban on Afghan women working at NGOs.

The international community must prioritize evacuating and settling Afghanistan's embattled female population at the earliest possible opportunity.

The decision will hurt the regime’s efforts to win recognition from foreign governments and international donors.

The shelling has come at a time of mounting bilateral tensions over Pakistani border posts and Taliban sheltering anti-Pakistan militants.

The lashings came a day after Taliban authorities publicly executed a man.

There is clear evidence of the Taliban carrying out an “orchestrated purge" of resistance fighters in Panjshir Valley.

The India-Taliban-Pakistan triangle provides a window into the Taliban’s desire to pursue both material and ideological interests.

That al-Qaida chief al-Zawahiri was living in Kabul and not in rural Afghanistan shows the extent of protection he enjoyed from the Taliban regime.

A new U.N. report says that with the onset of better weather, violence in Afghanistan could increase as anti-Taliban groups escalate operations.