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Event celebrates Afghan culture and protests against restrictions on women and girls two years after Taliban offensive

The chief Taliban spokesman says the Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat

Iqra, an Indian citizen, was jolted out of a holiday with her Afghan husband and their daughter when bombs and gunfire erupted in Herat. Despite applying for an Emergency Visa, her husband has not been granted one due to India's restricted visa policy. This has left Iqra and her family…

It has now been two years since the Taliban toppled the Afghan government after Western nations chaotically withdrew after a 20-year occupation.

August 15 has been declared a national holiday to celebrate the Taliban takeover of Kabul from US-led foreign forces.

I left Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021. As a female journalist in exile, I’m learning what it means to help my country from afar

Former president is accused of planning a criminal enterprise in his attempt to reverse his defeat

Exclusive: Two years on from the Taliban takeover, one of the first Afghan families to arrive in the UK by small boat remains in Home Office limbo, as Nicola Kelly reports