Several sources confirm the Taliban pronouncement, part of ongoing efforts to curtail education for girls and women. Women ...

Several sources confirm the Taliban pronouncement, part of ongoing efforts to curtail education for girls and women. Women ...

The UN has raised concerns over a potential Taliban ban on women attending medical training facilities, saying it would ...

They were reacting to reports that the Taliban had closed down institutes for women training as nurses and midwives ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named a health care executive to serve as his administration's ...

Female trainee midwives and nurses have reportedly been ordered not to attend classes by the Taliban, who have restricted ...

Pakistan's military says its troops have raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest, resulting in a shootout in which ...

The European Union says the Taliban's latest reported decision represented another appalling violation of fundamental human ...

The European Union has condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women’s access to education after media reports ...

China has vastly increased economic engagement with Afghanistan as it eyes a new node in the Belt and Road Initiative.

This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and ...

Afghans who spent years overseas are returning home, keen to take advantage of the country’s improved security after decades ...