The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

Prohibition comes two months after the Taliban banned women’s voices in public spaces

Afghanistan's morality ministry is gradually introducing a ban on images of living beings in media, with multiple provinces announcing restrictions and some Taliban officials refusing to be photographed or filmed, journalists across the country told AFP. Since mid-October the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice…

The Taliban, an ultraconservative Islamic political group, retook control of Kabul a little more than three years ago, dashing many Afghans’ hopes for a tolerant, democratic government.

Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a surge in new polio cases ahead of a new nationwide campaign, hampering years-long efforts aimed at making the country a polio-free state

The history of ‘decapitation strategies’ tells us it is almost impossible to know what effect assassinating a key figure such as Yahya Sinwar will have, writes Jason Burke

New research is shedding light on how war inflicts mortality, displaces families, and erodes mental health

Though nothing is guaranteed, an overdose crisis could be looming in Europe thanks to changes in the drug supply

Taliban acknowledges Afghan casualties on Iran border, sparking calls for investigation and justice amidst rising tensions.

At least two TV channels in a northern Afghan province stopped showing images of living beings during their broadcasts, journalists told AFP on Tuesday, in line with orders from morality police.