The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer. "As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country,"…

A blast hit the money exchange hub in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens, health workers said.

The ban comes as the Taliban tries to assuage international concerns regarding drug control in the impoverished country.

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have announced a ban on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to make heroin

The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump tried to boost select Michigan candidates running for secretary of state, attorney general and the Legislature Saturday in a nearly two-hour address that aimed to cement his influence in the Michigan GOP.

An American man kidnapped by the Taliban in early 2020 was seen alive for the first time since then on Friday in a hostage video.

‘This is public confirmation of our family’s long-held belief that he is alive after more than two years in captivity,’ sister says

An American and a U.S. resident have been freed from detention in Afghanistan, the State Department said on Friday, and one of the pair identified themselves as brothers who were engaged in humanitarian work when the Taliban arrested them.

Safi Rauf and his brother were held in Afghanistan for 105 days.

Yobs have chipped away at the memorial of Corporal Dean John, 25, in Port Talbot